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Flight 93 National Memorial to Remain Open Throughout Construction New Temporary Visitor Area to be Opened on July 8 at Original FBI Command Post In order to improve safety and provide visitors with a better view of the construction work that is presently underway for the permanent Flight 93 National Memorial near Shanksville, PA, the National Park Service (NPS) will soon be moving the temporary memorial to a safe and accessible location for the duration of construction. More>
Ground Breaking for the Flight 93 National Memorial Saturday in Shanksville, PA: November 8, 2009SHANKSVILLE, Pa. - With the words "Let's roll" - the command issued by United Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer to lead the passenger revolt - U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and 39 victims' relatives and dignitaries turned shovels of dirt at a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday for a permanent national memorial. More>
Flight 93 National Memorial Groundbreaking Ceremony: At the site of the Flight 93 National Memorial, overlooking the ground that was tragically first broken on September 11, 2001 when United Flight 93 plunged into a remote Pennsylvania field while its passengers and crew members heroically fought to resist a terrorist attack on our nation’s capital, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will lead a groundbreaking ceremony at 12 noon on November 7th. More>
Flight 93 Memorial construction to start in western Pennsylvania in November by The Associated Press Monday August 31, 2009, 3:52PMPITTSBURGH - The federal government will pay about $9.5 million to acquire land so the Flight 93 National Memorial can be built by the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Monday. More>
Local Vendors Meet to Prepare for Flight 93 Construction SOMERSET COUNTY, PA -- It was another step Thursday night towards the completion of the Flight 93 permanent memorial. WJAC has learned about some new funding and efforts underway to make sure local contractors benefit from the project. The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved $1.4 million to fund the new entrance and access road leading to the Flight 93 memorial in Somerset County. More>
Colin Powell To Speak at Flight 93 Site on 9/11 July 29, 2009Shanksville, PA - Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell will be the keynote speaker at this 2009 ceremony to honor the victims of Flight 93. More>
Shanksville Post Office to Honor Flight 93 The U.S.Postal Service is marking the eighth anniversary of Flight 93's crash in southwestern Pennsylvania with a special pictorial cancellation on letters handled at Shanksville Post Office. More>
Applicants compete for two seats on Flight 93 Memorial panel By Mary Pickels Tribune-Review Friday, July 3, 2009The Flight 93 Federal Advisory Commission nominating committee members expect to make recommendations to fill two open seats before the Aug. 1 commission meeting. More>
Huge U.S. Flag Returns to PA In 1994, the Somerset Flag Committee put up a 120-foot flagpole at 215 Ramada Road in Somerset, PA. Over the years, the weather took its toll on the flag, which frayed and faded. The flag’s Committee disintegrated too. As of June 13, 2009, no flag had flown on the site for almost two years. That all changed this Flag Day, June 14, 2009, when the rejuvenated Somerset Flag Committee raised a new flag at the site. More>
Deals Reached to Sell Land for Flight 93 National Memorial in Somerset By Richard Robbins, Tribune-Review, Saturday, June 13, 2009 Chris Williams had her doubts, but a last-minute deal to sell the land she and her husband own in Somerset County avoided the necessity of the government seizing it for the Flight 93 National Memorial. More>
Father of Todd Beamer, passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001, visits Flint to raise money for Memorial Posted by Shannon Murphy | The Flint Journal May 05, 2009FLINT, Michigan - To David Beamer, what he is asking of local residents is a small sacrifice. He wants just one hour of pay to keep alive the heroic stories of the 40 passengers and crew members on United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed into a Pennsylvania field on Sept. 11. He is helping to raise money for the Flight 93 National Memorial, which officials hope to have started by the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. The $58-million project has raised $19 million so far. It needs $3 million more to begin Phase 1. More>
Children’s Peace Garden Dedication The Children’s Peace Garden was dedicated in a public ceremony on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania’s Garden Club Federation, a group of state and local garden clubs, built the small garden of trees and flowers in 2002 as a contemplative space for visitors to the Flight 93 Memorial Chapel. More>
Flight 93 Memorial Act On September 24th, 2002, Congress passed the Flight 93 National Memorial Act. The Act created a new national parks unit to “commemorate the passengers and crew of Flight 93, who, on September 11, 2001, courageously gave their lives, thereby thwarting a planned attack on our nation’s capital.” More>
Flight 93 National Memorial Dedication: September 11, 2011 Saturday, February 21, 2009 (Tribune-Review - McClatchy-Tribune)State and federal officials pledged Friday to dedicate the Flight 93 National Memorial, designed to honor the passengers and crew who died Sept. 11, 2001, in Somerset County, on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. More>
Owner Agrees to Sell Land for Flight 93 Memorial Saturday January 17, 2009 By the Associated PressPHILADELPHIA The owner of the land in western Pennsylvania where Flight 93 crashed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks reached an agreement Friday to sell the parcel, clearing the way for the development of a memorial. More>
Offer expected soon on key Flight 93 memorial plot Dan Nephi, Associated PressPITTSBURGH The National Park Service expects to make an offer next week for a key piece of land for a memorial to mark the site in western Pennsylvania where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The land,roughly 275 acres, includes the site where the airplane crashed, and the property owner has been accused of refusing to sell for a reasonable amount. More>
Street May Be Renamed for Flight 93 SOMERSET, Pa. (AP) - A section of Route 219 in Somerset County may be renamed "Flight 93 Memorial Highway" to commemorate the passengers and crew of the flight who died in the area on Sept. 11, 2001. More>
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