The last stop on my little tour of DC was the Pentagon Memorial. To honor the 184 victims who died at the Pentagon on September 11th, 184 illuminated benches have been arranged according to each victim's birth year. For those victims who died inside the building, their bench slopes into the Pentagon. For those who died on AA Flight 77, their bench slopes out toward the skyline. All the benches are aligned at the same angle that the plane hit. It is a beautiful and well thought out tribute. I'm so glad I had the chance to visit it.
Because it was the day before the 10th anniversary of the attacks, they were setting up for a memorial service. The Army Band was busy practicing for the next day's events.
This was an ad inside the Metro station. Only at the Pentagon will you see ads for weapons and missile systems!
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