Bakersfield in Kern County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
We Shall Never Forget
Photographed by Denise Boose, September 14, 2019
1. We Shall Never Forget Marker
Inscription.
We Shall Never Forget. . This memorial site is erected and dedicated by the members of the Bakersfield Fire Department and our many supporting community partners, on this eleventh day of September, in the year two-thousand and sixteen A.D., on behalf of the citizens of Bakersfield, Kern County, State of California, and the United States of America.
WE SHALL NEVER FORGET
We shall always remain as stewards and guardians of this steel and concrete structural artifact (#k-0004) granted by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), from the World Trade Center site, below the North Tower, #1 World Trade Center, in the same area as previously targeted by terrorist bombings on February 26, 1993.
We are duty-bound to protect and maintain this artifact, to solemnly and formally memorialize the events of September 11, 2001, and the unbearable loss of lives in New York at the World Trade Center, in Washington D.C. at the Pentagon, in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and in the ongoing world-wide war on terrorism.
We hereby dedicate the BFD 9/11 World Trade Center Memorial in memory of those civilian, Firefighter, Police, EMS, Port Authority, Military, and other lives lost on September 11, 2001; and to those lives lost in the ongoing pursuit of world peace in its aftermath; and to all Americans and to all humanity, so that we shall never forget; and that we shall always endeavor to persevere in times of overwhelming and unimaginable adversity, or in the face of senseless violence as did the heroes and citizens who perished on that day.
This memorial site is erected and dedicated by the members of the Bakersfield Fire Department and our many supporting community partners, on this eleventh day of September, in the year two-thousand and sixteen A.D., on behalf of the citizens of Bakersfield, Kern County, State of California, and the United States of America.
WE SHALL NEVER FORGET
We shall always remain as stewards and guardians of this steel and concrete structural artifact (#k-0004) granted by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), from the World Trade Center site, below the North Tower, #1 World Trade Center, in the same area as previously targeted by terrorist bombings on February 26, 1993.
We are duty-bound to protect and maintain this artifact, to solemnly and formally memorialize the events of September 11, 2001, and the unbearable loss of lives in New York at the World Trade Center, in Washington D.C. at the Pentagon, in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and in the ongoing world-wide war on terrorism.
We hereby dedicate the BFD 9/11 World Trade Center Memorial in memory of those civilian, Firefighter, Police, EMS, Port Authority, Military, and other lives lost on September 11, 2001; and to those lives lost in the ongoing pursuit of world peace in its aftermath; and to all Americans and to all humanity, so that we shall never forget; and that we shall always endeavor to persevere in times of overwhelming and unimaginable adversity, or in the face of senseless violence as did the heroes and citizens who perished on that day.
Erected 2016
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by Bakersfield Fire Department.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: 9/11 Attacks. In addition, it is included in the World Trade Center Beams series list.
Location. 35° 20.582′ N, 119° 7.713′ W. Memorial is in Bakersfield, California, in Kern County. It is on Buena Vista Drive, on the right when traveling south. Located between Bakersfield Firestation 15 and Bakersfield Police Department Sub-station. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1315 Buena Vista Drive, Bakersfield CA 93311, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in California’s San Joaquin Valley, specifically in the Central Valley, and in the Sierra Nevada. It is also on the American Pacific Coast. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexicos Alta California.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured
Credits. This page was last revised on September 15, 2019. It was originally submitted on September 15, 2019, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California. This page has been viewed 516 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on September 15, 2019, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
