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Barney Circle in Southeast Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

September 11 Memorial Path

 
 
September 11 Memorial Path Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 4, 2022
1. September 11 Memorial Path Marker
Inscription.
This path is the official Ward 6, September 11, 2001 Memorial honoring and remembering those who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania. It was designed to be a sensory experience to enable reflection and healing. Follow the crushed brick path, shaded by trees, to the 9/11 Healing Poles, and rest on the teak benches at the end of the path.

Remembrance
For those who no longer hear noisy trees
shimmering in the summer breeze…
For those who might have sought shelter from the
mid-day sun under a nave of gnarled hornbeams…
For those who would grieve in the quiet space
amid a grove of flowering trees…
For those who perished on September 11, 2001.

 
Erected by Historic Congressional Cemetery; Open Spaces, Sacred Places; Capitol Hill Community Foundation.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: 9/11 Attacks.
 
Location. 38° 52.873′ N, 76° 58.791′ W. Memorial is in Southeast Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Barney Circle. It can be reached from the intersection of E Street
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Southeast and Potomac Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east. The memorial marker stands in Historic Congressional Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1631 G St SE, Washington DC 20003, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Upper South, in the Mid-Atlantic, in the Tidewater, and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: John Philip Sousa (a few steps from this marker); Anna Murray-Douglass (within shouting distance of this marker); The Mathew Brady Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Mathew Brady (within shouting distance of this marker); U.S. Arsenal Explosion Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Lee Dittman Shapiro 1949-1987 / James T. Lindelof 1957-1987 (within shouting distance of this marker); Barney at Bladensburg (within shouting distance of this
September 11 Memorial Path Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 4, 2022
2. September 11 Memorial Path Marker
marker); a different marker also named U.S. Arsenal Explosion Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Southeast Washington.
 
Additional commentary.
1. Error on the marker
The District of Columbia was not hit in the September 11 attacks; the Pentagon stands in nearby Arlington County, Virginia which is legally distinct from the U.S. territory. That noted, many of the victims in the Pentagon likely resided in the District.
    — Submitted December 4, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 4, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 374 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 4, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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