Today is the dedication of the Pentagon Memorial to remember the 184 people who were killed there on September 11, 2001. The dedication is this morning with the President, Defense Secretary, and I think both Presidential candidates planning to attend. Of course everyone wishes that we didn't need to have a memorial in the first place, but what they put together is both tranquil and creative, I think.
A side note: The dedication is one of those unbelieveable I-can't-believe-I-live-here things that happen in a city like DC that would be even more awe-inspiring if it didn't horribly affect traffic. A minor point to anyone else in the world, but most people in Alexandria who drive by the Pentagon every day spent last night trying to figure out how they were going to get to work with all of the road closures this morning. (I left at 6:30 a.m. and it took me 20 minutes to get here, but I don't want to know what the roads are looking like now!)
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