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2008-08-25 Home Front: WoT

Steel cross installed near Flight 93 site in Shanksville

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Posted by Steve White 2008-08-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 This unofficial memorial is going to be more meaningful than the official one. And no Muslim theme either.

Posted by Glenmore 2008-08-25 09:40|| 2008-08-25 09:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Am I to understand that the 'crescent' shape was changed?
Do you have a link?

Posted by logi_cal 2008-08-25 10:34|| 2008-08-25 10:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, it still looks crescent-shaped to me
http://www.nps.gov/flni/parkmgmt/the-memorial-design.htm

Seems a 5-sided memorial with twin obelisk towers standing within an amphitheater-type area surrounding the impact zone would have been more fitting. The obelisks would have made the area a landmark view for miles.

Posted by logi_cal 2008-08-25 10:54|| 2008-08-25 10:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Some good photos here of the ride

Raising the cross:

Posted by Sherry">Sherry 2008-08-25 12:06|| 2008-08-25 12:06|| Front Page Top

#5 Q: How long before osme group files siut about the cross ( indicating some religious affiliation) being installed on public property and done so using public funds ( separation of church and state)? and what is the likelihood the group bringing the suit aren't local?

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-08-25 13:37|| 2008-08-25 13:37|| Front Page Top

#6 USN, Ret. A. How about a nice cup of STFU? (For those who would file suit, not you.)
I think that the Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department is a private organization. I am willing to bet that the money for the cross and memorial came from private donations. So all those who say that this is a government endorsement of religion can go pound sand.

Posted by Rambler in California">Rambler in California 2008-08-25 19:12|| 2008-08-25 19:12|| Front Page Top

#7 As was said 145 years ago about another small town in Pennsylvania,

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicatewe can not consecratewe can not hallowthis ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2008-08-25 20:18|| 2008-08-25 20:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Well done, Eric. Superbly appropriate connection.

Posted by Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-08-25 20:29|| 2008-08-25 20:29|| Front Page Top

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