Please call/send your comments and ping other FRiends to join the effort to get crescent out of the design.
They think we have forgotten.....let's show them we have not!
Thanks, 
Posted on 10/23/2005 5:23:59 AM PDT by gridlock
Despite the outrage of the American public over the planned memorial to those who lost their lives fighting terrorists who hijacked their plane on 9/11/2001, the Flight 93 Memorial does not appear to have changed. The “Crescent of Embrace” design still remains on winning architect Paul Murdoch’s site, as well as the official Flight 93 Memorial site. On neither of these sites is any change mentioned or shown to the original design. Murdoch’s site does not indicate that any changes or “refinements” will be forthcoming. To refresh memories, the problem with the design was and is the Islamic crescent symbol. The memorial to the American citizens who appear to have thwarted Islamic terrorists from completing their plan to crash the commercial airliner into the White House deteriorated into a memorial to the terrorists—not to those who tried to stop them. Far beyond a slap in the face to the United States, American citizens who died protecting their country are being marginalized. Instead, it is the terrorists who are being commemorated. The totality of this abomination is staggering.
To be fair, I again contacted Chris Martin—Public Relations contact for the memorial project—to determine why there was nothing included on the official Flight 93 Memorial site, as to any change in the memorial’s design. My direct question was “Nothing seems to have changed nor is there any indication that the memorial will differ from [its] original design. Do you have any information or comments on this?” Mr. Martin’s response was: “The refinement process is still underway. The designer and the partner organizations are working together to refine various portions of the 2,200 acre site. We anticipate an announcement regarding these various refinements in the coming weeks.” Conspicuously absent from Martin’s response is any indication of the replacement of the “Crescent of Embrace”. This patently begs the question: “What are they refining?”
Perhaps I’ve just become too jaded over the years. But, trusting ambiguous answers to rather straightforward questions no longer seems the best course to follow. Also, the original National Forest Service (NFS) contact, Joanne Hanley, doesn’t appear to be listed anywhere—anymore. Note: In September, you flooded her email-box to the point that it was inoperable. Good show!
In fact, there does not appear to be anyone currently identified by the NFS, who is in charge of the project from the government’s end. My guess is that they don’t want to again receive thousands of emails and phone calls similar to those they received last month. However, below is a link to the NFS’ main contact site. To give all involved the benefit of the doubt, perhaps the design will change. But, in order to keep their feet to the fire and better ensure the Islamic crescent isn’t used my strong suggestion is that as many of us as possible call and write them, to inform the caretakers of this very important project that we haven’t forgotten.
We also need to powerfully and consistently let them know that we’re still watching and that we will not accept any “honors” to the ones who attacked us. Doing so would be both appalling to those who died and a strong indication to the terrorists that we believe they were right. Neither of these is even remotely acceptable.
I've heard that....but I've not looked at it that closely.
I was involved in fighting the IFC. To date it was a success.
I've not put much effort in fighting this one. There aren't as many families from Flight 93 on board with it.
*sigh* True.
I love it!
I found out about it on FR. Someone posted a story about it.
TERRIFIC!!!! I vote for this.
They have a lot of "FReeper-like" members- witty, sarcastic, and analytical. They must be hitting the target, because they are attracting return fire- have their own trolls & disruptors.
If the "comments" section has many replies, you can usually find some good quotes and useful links, too.
I will leave my little bag of effluent when I visit the memorial unless it changes to reflect the courage of those Americans who resisted an evil face of Islam.
I still stand by my originally formulated concept for the Shanksville memorial...
A large bronze cross and a large bronze star of David resting upon granite or marble monolith pedestals inscribed with the names of the Christian and the Jewish victims - to be facing each other at angles...
Between them, to commemorate the rough-and-ready, non-religiously affiliated uniquely American spirit of capitalistic entrepreneurship...
A large bronze of the symbolic American Freedom Machine - a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, and leather-jacket clad rider - also mounted on an enormous monolith, crossed flagpoles behind the bike, with Old Glory on one standard, "Don't Tread on Me!" on the other, and an American Bald Eagle launching into flight from the handlebars.
{Tell me the BigWigs at Harley Davidson motorcycle wouldn't underwrite THAT!!!}
Sole Inscription on an oversized brass plaque to read, "Let's Roll!"
A.A.C.
"The FInal Crusade has commenced!"
Liberal multiculturalists are bowing down to praise Allah, and trying to lick the rear ends of the Muslims in front of them.
I followed the link to the memorial through three different sites. They do not have an email address on their sites to contact. Just to donate.
Don't they want to hear from us any more????
< /sarc>
Becki
I like the idea- especially the Harley. I rode big bikes on the street for many, many years, long ago.
It should be re designed to be a pigs back side emitting gas towards Mecca every few seconds.
Let's tell them again what we think of the Islamic symbol in the Flight 93 Memorial 'Crescent of Embrace'.
Please use this contact info:
Comment Form on this page:
http://www.fs.fed.us/contactus/
AND
Phone:
(202) 205-8333
Send postal mail to:
USDA Forest Service
1400 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-0003
10/27/05 ?
WWII Memorial ping
Oops. It was 10/20, last Thursday. Misread my calendar...
Please call/send your comments and ping other FRiends to join the effort to get crescent out of the design.
They think we have forgotten.....let's show them we have not!
Thanks,
I looked up their email.
Registered email contact for FLIGHT93MEMORIALPROJECT.ORG is domain_admin@neighborhoodamerica.com
Okay - done! Thanks for the ping Julie!
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