Happy Friday! We had a full week at home after 3 full weeks of traveling and it has been great to be home. I have had lots of time to edit, write, and get back into the groove. Woo-Hoo! Bring on Friday Daydreamin’!! Can’t wait to see your shots!
Last week we visited a pretty incredible memorial. It made me stop. I read every plaque. I discussed it with my kids. And we even went back the next day.
It was the 9/11 Flight Crew Memorial – dedicated to the men & women who were killed on 9/11.
Every one of the objects on the memorial represent something and has a story. Even the memorial itself has an incredible story as to it’s existence.
And it’s location has an incredible story. As planes are taking off and landing at the very busy DFW International Airport, flight crews can see this incredible memorial honoring them.
It was a memorial that impacted me, as I was impacted by 9/11. And it made me realize that each & every memorial out there has a story and we should do our best to take the time to stop and learn about them…as what they represent, has impacted someone at some time.
Do you take the time to visit memorials on your travels? We will be now.
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I didn’t know that there was a memorial for the 9/11 flight crews – and what a thoughtful location to place it. We have visited a number of memorials while traveling and they always make me very emotional but I think it’s important to stop and pay respects.
I didn’t know about this memorial either. What a wonderful way to honor the crew. We like visiting memorials too. It’s the least one can do to pay respects. We visited the 9/11 Memorial in NYC last month and that was very emotional.
How wonderful a post! I had no idea this existed; gave me goosebumps with the plane overhead.
Powerful photos! I have visited a lot of memorials in my travels. We also have a few in Halifax honoring the men and women who lost their lives in WW1 and WW2. I’ve often visited those, too.
We do visit memorials! My dad was in the Coast Guard, so any memorial or tribute to the Coast Guard always catches our interest!
We do visit memorials when we’re traveling as well as the ones that are near to home. One of the most powerful and moving memorials we visited so far was the Flight 93 memorial. Another emotional reminder of the atrocities that happened on 9/11. We visited before the official memorial was even open and it was still a very sobering visit.
Such a lovely post about this memorial. I was inspired your article to write today about Lauren’s Garden in Houston. Thank you.
Sadly appropriate for a day that seems likely to bring about another memorial.
I’m always surprised at how much these memorials can move me, even those that I have no personal connection with. The 9/11 memorials in particular seem to hit close to home. Beautiful post.
Inspiring one, my husband drag me all the time in memorial if he knows one every time we travel. He loves history.
Thank you for sharing this. I haven’t visited many memorials, probably because I become a blubbery mess, but it always touches my heart when I hear about them. This one is beautiful.
I often linger before memorials; they can be so thought-provoking.
(I had never heard of this one before, so thanks for pointing it out).
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I didn’t know there was one in DFW. I stop at memorials, but I don’t think I take the time they really and truly deserve. Thanks for the reminder 🙂
I recently visited the memorial in Sacramento, our state capitol. There was a memorial for the fallen soldiers of the Vietnam War, and also one for fire fighters. It made me sad that there wasn’t one for law enforcement officers. But then again, I’m not sure I’d want the reminders that my husband is in such a dangerous field.