9/11 Pentagon Memorial

9/11 Pentagon Memorial

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The Pentagon Memorial, located just southwest of The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, is a permanent outdoor memorial to the 184 people who died as victims in the building and on American Airlines Flight 77 during the September 11 attacks. Designed by Julie Beckman and Keith Kaseman of the architectural firm of Kaseman Beckman Advanced Strategies with engineers Buro Happold, the memorial opened on September 11, 2008, seven years after the attack.

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On Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. military suddenly faced a different world and a new mission after terrorists attacked the Pentagon near Washington, D.C., and the World Trade Center in New York City. Soon after the quick defeat of Iraqi forces in 2003, the United States and its allies were forced to adjust to a different and unfamiliar kind of warfare against a new opponent. Here, President, and Commander in Chief, Barack Obama lays a wreath at the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial in 2011.
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