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The Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon Memorial is a memorial over a group burial site at Arlington National Cemetery in the United States. It commemorates the victims of the Pentagon, which was struck by al-Qaeda terrorists as part of the September 11 attacks. The memorial specifically honors the five individuals for whom no identifiable remains were found.〔 However, a portion of the remains of 25 other victims are buried at the site.〔 The names of the 125 civilian and military employees inside the Pentagon,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/lists/by-location/page88.html )〕 as well as the 59 civilian passengers and crew members aboard American Airlines Flight 77 (which crashed into the building) are inscribed on the memorial.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/lists/by-location/page96.html )〕 ==Creation== After the 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon, Arlington National Cemetery Superintendent John C. Metzler, Jr. realized that there was a strong likelihood that many of the victims might not have their remains identified, while other remains might be commingled. Many of the victims would be military personnel whose families could choose to have their loved ones buried at Arlington. This would necessitate a group burial at the cemetery, and an appropriate monument to mark the grave. Metzler designed the memorial himself. He drew inspiration from the memorial to the 253 dead of the United States Coast Guard ship USS ''Serpens'', which is located in the northern corner of Section 34 at Arlington National Cemetery.〔 The ''Serpens'' memorial is octagonal in shape and lists the names of the dead on its side panels. The Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon Memorial is a pentagonal granite marker high. On five sides of the memorial along the top are inscribed the words "Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon September 11, 2001". Aluminum plaques, painted black, are inscribed with the names of the 184 victims of the terrorist attack.〔 There are five plaques, one for each side of the marker.〔 The names of those aboard Flight 77 are marked with a diamond in front of their name. The names of those for whom no remains could be identified are marked with a star in front of their name. A pentagonal base extends approximately out and down from the main body of the memorial. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs commissioned the memorial.〔 Granite Industries of Vermont, Inc., of Washington County, Vermont, provided the marker. (The company is also the sole provider of headstones for Arlington National Cemetery.)〔 The stone was quarried near Danby, Vermont, at a site underground and inside a mountain.〔 Michael E. Cappetta, a stoneworker with Granite Industries, sculpted the marker.〔 It was shipped on or about August 20, 2002, to the cemetery.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon Memorial」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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