Children of the American Revolution

State Theme: Let's Roll with PA C.A.R.

Webmaster:
Susan Gillette Meer

State President: Jacob Hogan, 2011-2012

State Theme: Let's Roll with PA C.A.R.

State Project: This year's State Project is to raise money to donate towards the construction of the Flight 93 National Memorial.

Flight 93 National Memorial

           On September 11th, 2001 the United States was attacked by acts of terrorism.    Four commercial airlines were hijacked and commandeered by terrorists.  Two of these planes were flown straight into the Twin Towers in New York City.  One plane struck the Pentagon.  The last plane however never made it to its targeted destination.  This is  due to the brave men and women who rose to the occasion and decided to bring the plane down before it had a chance to take anymore lives.
            On that dark day in America's history there was but a light, shinning through all the darkness.  This light is the passengers and crew that in just over 30 minutes, rose to the occasion and ended up saving many innocent lives.  Flight 93 was the last of the planes to go down therefore the passengers knew that their hijacked plane was going to hurt America by destroying a land mark and taking countless lives with it.  They devised a plan to charge the cock pit and bring the plane down before it had a chance to hurt America.  The passengers and crew said there final goodbyes and then put their plan into action.  In an attempt to stop the uprising, the terrorist piloting the aircraft began to roll it to the left and right.  By doing so, the plane flipped on its backside and started to descend.  The terrorist piloting the plane regained control but in fear of the passengers gaining control he piloted the plane straight into the ground.  Flight 93 plowed into an empty field at a speed of 580 miles per hour. Upon impact, the 7,000 gallons of jet fuel on board the aircraft exploded, creating a ball of fire that rose higher than the trees.
            This year marks the tenth anniversary of 9/11 and the tenth anniversary of when ordinary people gave their lives for America.  The tenth anniversary brings to us the beginning phase of the construction of the permanent Flight 93 National Memorial.  This memorial will help us forever remember that day and those brave souls.  The memorial will be home to several symbolic monuments. The Tower of Voices, Field of Honor, 40 Memorial Groves, and Memorial Plaza.
            The Tower of Voices will be a Tower that can be seen throughout the whole park containing 40 large wind chimes, evocative of, and a tribute to, the sound of the wind and voices aboard the plane during its final moments.  The Field of Honor is a large, bowl-shaped existing landform roughly circular, that forms the heart of the memorial and park. The memorial design expresses this confluence by marking the Flight Path as it breaks the circular continuity of the Field of Honor edge at the Entry Portal and the Memorial Plaza, where the crash occurred. The 40 Memorial Groves commemorates the collective acts of courage by the 40 passengers and crew of Flight 93 through 40 Memorial Groves of Red and Sugar Maple trees in a shared, curving embrace of the Field of Honor's open space as it descends to the Sacred Ground. The Memorial Plaza is the final resting place for the passengers and crew of Flight 93, the crash site is the focus of the Field of Honor. Here is where the plane crashed and a grove of hemlock trees absorbed the impact and inferno.
            This year's State Project is to raise money that will go towards the Flight 93 National Memorial so that those brave men and women will be remembered forever.