Kewaskum Remembers 9/11
This article was originally posted on the official Wisonsin 9/11 Memorial website, we are simply sharing it raise awareness among our 9/11 Community.
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What is the Wisconsin 9/11 Memorial about?
The Wisconsin 9/11 Memorial is being built to serve as a space of reflection and remembrance for those lost on that fateful day. It will serve as a place of education for students and citizens from our local community, our county, our state, and our nation. Some will visit seeking knowledge. Others will come to honor the memories of those lost. All will be able to reflect on a day that challenged and changed America. It will be a symbol of the resolve, strength, resilience and compassion of her people. As time passes from the events of 9/11/2001, the Memorial will forever give meaning to the words, "NEVER FORGET."
The Memorial
The memorial, designed by a Kewaskum High School graduate, will for many years to come be a space of reflection for visitors from Kewaskum and Washington County, the State of Wisconsin, and beyond. With a beam of steel recovered from the North Tower of the World Trade Center as its center piece, the memorial will serve to honor not only those who perished, including a Kewaskum Graduate - Andrea Lyn Haberman, but also all those who responded to the atrocity of 9/11.
Some will visit seeking knowledge, while others will come to honor the memories of those lost and to reflect on a day that challenged and changed America yet in its aftermath showed the strength, resilience and compassion of its people. As time passes from the events of 9/11/2001, the memorial will forever give meaning to the words NEVER FORGET.
LOCATION:
The Wisconsin 9/11 Memorial will be located in the Village of Kewaskum on Highway 45 (1308 Fond Du Lac Ave) directly in front of the Kewaskum Municipal Annex Building.
History of the Steel
From the earliest days after 9/11, steel from the destroyed buildings has held special significance in New York and beyond.
Rising over 1,368 feet into the sky, the twin towers at the World Trade Center Plaza represented a symbol of the triumph and strength of this country. Because of this, in the eyes and minds of those who mean to harm America, the towers became a target. This twisted mentality believed that if the towers were toppled, it would have the effect of crippling our country. Attempted first in 1993; it seemed that on 9/11/2001, that they had accomplished their goal. What they greatly underestimated is the resolve, strength and compassion of the American people.
Seeing is Believing
Fly-Through Video Tour
Watch the video below to see a full 3D rendering of what the Memorial will look like when it's complete.
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Help This 9/11 Memorial!
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