Park
National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial
Cantilevered steel benches over lit reflecting pools, each one naming a September eleven victim.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial in Washington, D.C. traces the two-year effort by a small Virginia metal shop to hand-finish 184 stainless steel benches honoring victims of the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon. It follows the meticulous, custom-built polishing process behind that satin steel finish, and how the benches were oriented toward the Pentagon or the sky. Best heard walking the western edge of the memorial.
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