Posted on 09/14/2005 9:38:00 AM PDT by snowrip
As many of you have already heard, the National park Service is nearing a final decision regarding a memorial to the passengers of Flight 93. The aircraft would have hit the capitol on 9/11 were it not for the heroism of the passengers, who fought back against their Islamic hijackers. The memorial will be built in the field in Pennsylvania where the plane crashed.
Unfortunately, the design which is under final review is far from a memorial to the victims. The winning design, chosen from over a thousand entries, is called “The Crescent of Embrace”. It is a just that... a red crescent. It features a crescent-shaped grove of red maple trees which ring the crash site. Unfortunately for those who perished aboard Flight 93, the crescent is the internationally-recognized symbol of religious life for Islam around the globe. Architect Paul Murdoch, the winner of the design contest, has emphasized to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that his creation was about "healing" and "contemplation." As a "...gesture of healing and bonding...", he has proposed hanging wind chimes in a tall tower built at the crash site.
As any rational human being can easily deduct, this memorial will be an utter insult to those who were murdered by Islamic terrorists on September 11th. Through an apologistic, hand-wringing, liberal "embrace" of that day (and this war), the idea of this memorial has been corrupted to the point where it has become the literal embrace of Islamic savagery by the "multicultural" left.
There have been some great articles written on this topic... you can see them at http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_2726705.shtml http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1484237/posts
I have posted this request to ask for your help. If this memorial is approved and built, it will stand as an affront to those who gave their lives so unselfishly that day. Write, email, fax, or call the National Park Service. Ask your friends and family to do the same. Let them know, in no uncertain terms, where you stand!
The design must first be approved by the Superintendent of the Flight 93 National Memorial. Contact info is: National Park Service, 109 West Main Street, Suite 104, Somerset, PA 15501-2035. You can voice your comments by e-mail at FLNI_Superintendent@nps.gov or by telephone at (814) 443-4557. Fax is (814) 443-2180. However, the final decision regarding the design of the Flight 93 Memorial must be ultimately approved by The Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Ms. Gale A. Norton. Messages can be sent to her via e-mail at: gale_norton@ios.doi.gov or use the site’s Internet contact page. Her telephone number is (202) 208-3100.
(Thanks to milford421 for most of the contact info!)
We are many voices. Together, we can try and stop this.
E-mail sent to both. Phone call to follow.
Anyone been checking out the DUmmies to see their take on this outrage?
I think they also said that because Mecca can be faced in two opposite directions, there’s a 1 in 9 chance that any eclipse will face Mecca. Personally, I don’t buy it, but it’s not my money.
Not yet... but I will!
And there is a 1 in 360 chance (or 1 in infinity chance if you don't round) that this would occur accidentally.
The architects were Paul and Milena Murdoch of California.
What would the ACLU do if it was shaped like a cross?
Thanks! Grrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay. Please don't take this personally, but "Whoop-de-doo." I couldn't care less about the architect's intent. It doesn't matter. It's background noise. It has no bearing on whether this design is acceptable and/or should be built.
Long after the architect is dead and buried and no one has a clue about what his intent was or wasn't, that memorial IS a crescent and the crescent IS the universally-recognized symbol of Islam.
Therefore, it must not be built. That's all.
I'm thinking of doing a single Freep of this place. Somerset is just a few hours away.
Absolutely. Well put. Intentions are irrelevant.
I have a copper nail for each of those trees.
Here's my email to Ms. Norton:
"Hello Flight 93 Memorial Superintendent,
On September 11, 2001, in a brutal fashion, the citizens of these United States were thrust into a conflict the likes of which have not been experienced since the Second World War. On that fateful day, over 40 of my colleagues were killed at the World Trade Center. They never had a chance to rescue themselves or fight back, but the heroes of Flight 93 did. Indeed, those on board that aircraft took measures into their own hands and fought – and won – the first battle of this new war.
With these thoughts in mind, I am writing to you to voice my concern and ultimately my displeasure with the design plan referred to as the “Crescent of Embrace.” Be it intentionally or accidentally, I don’t know, the symbolic representation of the crescent in this proposed memorial is misguided at best and an affront to the heroes of Flight 93 and all Americans at its worst.
When the memorial was initially announced, I was eager for its completion as I wanted to bring my two young sons down to PA for a visit. I wanted them to see and experience for themselves a memorial dedicated to the heroes of Flight 93. However, if the intention of the memorial is to promote “reconciliation” or “acceptance” of those who attacked us on 9/11, I will vow to never visit the site. Instead, I will teach my children about the true events of that day, and I will teach them about the heroes that choose to confront evil and save others rather than to fade into submission.
I urge you to reconsider both the name – and the final design – for this memorial.
Thank you for your time."
LOL. I think you've plumbed the depths of the bureaucratic mentality.
If there is to be an objection to the design it should come from them.
Wonder if they have a group organization to keep in touch with each other?
The more I look at the crescent in the design the angrier I get. BTW, why did I know that the designers would be from California?
On another post, the architect has said he will change the design. We will see.
I have a call into the ACLU about this and they have not called me back yet.
Just WHO came up with this design?
WHAT, if anything, do the families
of those on that flight, have to
say about this?
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