Entering Stonycreek Township, PA (near Shanksville) - The actual location of the Flight 93 crash site

Sign on U.S. Route 30 directing you to the Flight 93 National Memorial

Entering the Flight 93 National Memorial to pick up the soil & stone artifacts on June 30, 2011

View of the Flight 93 crash site - known as the "Sacred Soil" - Small flags by treeline mark the actual crash location

Picking up some additional soil/stone artifacts

After leaving the Flight 93 Memorial, drove directly to the Pentagon and picked up this damaged block of limestone

Another view of the damaged block of limestone from the Pentagon (photography was not permitted during pickup)

Another view of the damaged block of limestone from the Pentagon (photography was not permitted during pickup)

Another view of the damaged block of limestone from the Pentagon (photography was not permitted during pickup)

Picking up the World Trade Center steel beam at Hanger 17 at JFK Airport in New York City - July 6, 2011

Picking up the World Trade Center steel beam at Hanger 17 at JFK Airport in New York City

Loading the steel WTC beam onto the truck - already on the truck were the artifacts from Flight 93 and the Pentagon disaster sites

Loading the World Trade Center steel beam at Hanger 17 at JFK Airport in New York City

Picking up the World Trade Center steel beam at Hanger 17 at JFK Airport in New York City

Procession of all three 9/11/01 artifacts as it reaches the construction site in Brooklawn, New Jersey

Motorcycles escort the procession

All artifacts stop in front of Brooklawn Memorial Park, where Brooklawn's 9/11 Memorial & Monument of the Delaware Valley will be constructed

Steel Beam draped with a US Flag that had flown above Independence Hall in Philadelphia just 4 days before the artifact pickup

Pentagon Limestone secured to truck - made the round trip from Brooklawn to NYC and back

Flight 93 artifacts secured to truck - made the round trip from Brooklawn to NYC and back

This procession was probably the only one in history where all three 9/11 artifacts were transported in one procession to one location

Brooklawn Mayor Terri Branella addresses the crowd as she welcomes these pieces of history into Brooklawn

Brooklawn Police Captain Steven Saymon, who designed & coordinated the project, looks on. He led the procession to and from New York City

State Senator Donald Norcross addresses the crowd

Folding of the American Flag

Folding of the American Flag

5.11 Tactical's "Never Forget" flag, which draped the other half of the WTC beam, is shown to the public

Mayor Branella, Captain Saymon and others stand atop the flatbed trailer

5.11 Tactical's "Never Forget" flag, which draped the other half of the WTC beam, is shown to the public

5.11 Tactical's "Never Forget" flag

July 18, 2011 - Groundbreaking - Mayor Branella removes the first shovel full of soil

July 18, 2011 - Groundbreaking Ceremony for "Brooklawn's 9/11 Memorial & Monument of the Delaware Valley"

July 18, 2011 - Groundbreaking Ceremony for "Brooklawn's 9/11 Memorial & Monument of the Delaware Valley"

Temporary signs directing visitors to the construction site

July 19, 2011 - One day after Groundbreaking, a hole 7 feet deep was dug in preparation of placing the WTC beam

July 20, 2011 - WTC Beam getting ready to be placed

Placing the 8,438 pound WTC Beam into the hole

WTC beam carefully placed - will rise 9'11" from the base of the Memorial/Monument

Final Measurements prior to pouring concrete

The WTC steel is secured with 7 cubic yards of reinforced concrete

Adding more concrete

The steel beam stands upright. Cables hold it in place until concrete dries

Digging out the Pentagon Shaped foundation for the Memorial/Monument

The first of the wall blocks are placed

Walls taking shape

Building up the walls which surround the Memorial & Monument

The first paver stones are placed - These are part of the main walkway leading into the memorial & Monument. The width of the walkway is 9'11" wide

Adding more walkway stones

Paver stones fill the Pentagon Shaped site - this is the last of the blocks to be laid

Another photo of the "last paver" being set

Paverart logo is added to the Main Walkway - Note: an earthquake struck the area as these stones were being placed. All of those stones "rattled".

Completing the Paverart design

Completing the Paverart design

Paverart emblem greets visitors just as they enter the Memorial & Monument

An aerial view of the nearly completed project - from Groundbreaking to Completion, it was finished in only 48 calendar days

A view of the Main Entrance

Looking in to the Memorial & Monument from the Main Walkway

Ground level view of the project

Closer view of the three 9/11/01 artifacts with the replica marble "Twin Towers" just outside the walls

Two soldiers from the 2-5 INF,1st Armored Division, deploying to Afghanistan within days after our Dedication Ceremonies on 9.11.11, attended

The WTC Beam lit at twilight - this is a "must see" during hours of darkness. The Memorial & Monument is open 24 hours - every day of the year

Entering the Main Walkway (which is 9'11" wide).

Marble plaque as you enter the Main Walkway into the Memorial & Monument.

Group photo of area Police Officers, and Soldiers from Fort Bliss, Texas - who were deployed to Afghanistan 20 days after the dedication on 9/11/2011.

Dr. Iris Udasin of the World Trade Center Medical Monitoring Program along with Captain Steven Saymon of Brooklawn Police.

Lines leading from the steel beam mark the shadows of events that occurred Septemner 11, 2001.

Shadows touch lines: North Tower attacked, South Tower attacked, Pentagon attacked, South Tower collapse, Flight 93 crashes, North Tower collapse.

Following shadow timelines back to WTC beam (which acts as a "sundial").

A limestone block from the Pentagon disaster - measures 18-3/4 inches wide, 16 inches deep and 9 inches high.

Soil & Stone artifacts from the Flight 93 National Memorial is Stonycreek Township (near Shanksville), Pennsylvania.

The flags flying atop the WTC beam.

Top of the WTC bean at sunset - stands 9'11" from base of Memorial & Monument.

9/11 artifacts with Marble Columns (which represent the World Trade Center Twin Towers) at night.

Left Marble Column at night.

Right side Marble Column during the day.

Right Marble Column at night.

Left side Marble Column during the day.

Brooklawn's 9/11 Memorial & Monument of the Delaware Valley at night - illuminated from dusk to dawn.

As the light shines up the WTC beam, it leaves "a shadow representation" of the Twin Towers - Front & Back of the steel column. Amazing sight !

As the light shines up the front of the WTC beam, it leaves "a shadow representation" of the Twin Towers.

As the light shines up the back of the WTC beam, it leaves "a shadow representation" of the Twin Towers.