Palm Coast in Flagler County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
The Pentagon
Elks Club Palm Coast # 2709
Killed: 125 Injured: 106
* 0937 – Hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 is crashed into the west side of the Pentagon.
1010 – After sustaining extensive damage from the plane crash and massive fires from jet fuel, the west side of the complex collapses.
They saw liberty and thought they saw weakness”
Erected by Elks Club #2709.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Disasters.
Location. 29° 33.957′ N, 81° 13.494′ W. Marker is in Palm Coast, Florida, in Flagler County. Memorial is on Old Kings Rd N, 0.2 miles north of Fleetwood Drive, on the left when traveling north. Located at the Palm Coast Elks Club. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 53 Old Kings Road, Palm Coast FL 32137, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Flight 93 (here, next to this marker); Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); World Trade Center (here, next to this marker); September 11, 2001 (here, next to this marker); The First Responders (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); “All Gave Some, Some Gave All” (approx. 1.3 miles away); Memorial Tree (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Palm Coast.
Regarding The Pentagon. The nearly 20-foot long piece of steel, with its jagged edges and shorn bolts, is a section of a floor joist from Tower 1. The floor joist rest on a squat square piece of steel, a support beam from Tower 2. The steel is attached to a pentagon-shaped concrete pedestal.
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— Submitted July 14, 2019, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 20, 2019. It was originally submitted on July 14, 2019, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 177 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 14, 2019, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. 2. submitted on August 20, 2019, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.