Acreage: 817.38
Category: National Memorial
Date Established:
09/24/2002
Flight 93 Memorial to Gain More Than 900 Acres
Plans to create a permanent memorial to the passengers and crew killed aboard Flight 93 have taken a giant step forward. The Families of Flight 93 announced in March 2008 that they will purchase over 900 acres of land near Shanksville in western Pennsylvania. This purchase brings the total land acquired for the park up to 75 percent.
Once complete, the memorial will cover approximately 2,200 acres and include easements on 900 acres as a view shed to protect the memorial from incompatible development.
Congress authorized the park in 2002. The memorial will honor the passengers and crew of Flight 93 who lost their lives in a heroic struggle to stop an attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2001. A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for 2009.
—Reported in NPCA's Park Lines, May 2008
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