***Pennsylvania Sept. 11 Memorial Redesigned (PA - 11/30/05)***
By JENNIFER C. YATES Associated Press Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Designers of a Flight 93 memorial have made a bowl-shaped piece of land its centerpiece, replacing a crescent-shape design that some critics had said was a symbol honoring terrorists, officials announced Wednesday.
The new design for the memorial, to be built on the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, crash near Shanksville, features most of the details of the original, which victims' relatives helped select after a worldwide design competition.
But a round, bowl-shaped area would replace a "Crescent of Embrace," a crescent-shaped cluster of maple trees.
After the original design was unveiled in September, Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., criticized it in a letter to the National Park Service director, saying many questioned the shape "because of the crescent's prominent use as a symbol in Islam - and the fact that the hijackers were radical Islamists."
Paul Murdoch, president of Paul Murdoch Architects, which designed the memorial, had called the criticism of the crescent an "unfortunate diversion," but said they were sensitive to the concerns...
Thank you for the update, all4one. Good news, indeed.
As anybody facing a lynch mob should be!
Hang 'Em! Hang 'Em High!
It would be interesting to be a bug, listening to the groups talk about the 9-11 Memorials.
I am so glad the design was changed.
Thanks for the great news all4one!!!
Where would this country be without Tom Tancredo and others like ourselves who will not put up with that kind of garbage.
WOOOHOOO!!!
That's a GREAT update all4one.
Thanks for the good news.
Excellent!
Hi all, haven't been keeping uplately. We moved my 88 year old mother into our house in early Nov. and I am still dealing with chemo every 4 weeks to get me back to remission.
Today our hearts are broken. After a very brief illness since last week our beloved 18 year old cat, Tiger, passed away in my arms this morning at 9:45 a.m. Luckily I had rescheduled my chemo from today to Thursday and hubby stayed home today because of the snow. I rocked her in my arms as she passed and we burried her under a snow covered dogwood in our garden. We are devastated.