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9/11 Memorial

 
 
9/11 Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rene Rendon, November 11, 2022
1. 9/11 Memorial
Inscription. This steel, salvaged from the rubble of the World Trade Center Towers, honors all those who have lost their lives as a result of all the terrorist attacks on America on September 11, 2001. It points east toward Ground Zero in eternal remembrance.

We will never forget.

Dedicated September 15, 2011.

“These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve”.
- President George W. Bush
 
Erected 2011.
 
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. 36° 35.912′ N, 121° 52.278′ W. Memorial is in Monterey, California, in Monterey County. It is on Lake Del Monte Drive. Marker is on the campus of the Naval Postgraduate School on Lake Del Monte Drive adjacent to Del Monte Lake. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1 Lake Del Monte Drive, Monterey CA 93943, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on Central Coast and specifically on the Coast Ranges. 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 Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Herrmann Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away); Commodore John Drake Sloat Circle (approx. 0.2 miles away); Rear Admiral Alan Shepard Tree (approx. 0.2 miles away); Depots (approx. Ό mile
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away); Hotel del Monte Historic District (approx. Ό mile away); Admiral Raymond A. Spruance Plaza (approx. 0.3 miles away); Ingersoll Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Ingersoll Hall (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Monterey.
 
9/11 Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rene Rendon, November 11, 2022
2. 9/11 Memorial
9/11 Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rene Rendon, November 11, 2022
3. 9/11 Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 16, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 11, 2022, by Rene Rendon of Seaside, California. This page has been viewed 551 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on November 11, 2022, by Rene Rendon of Seaside, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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