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University Park Community Memorial

 
 
University Park Community Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 8, 2023
1. University Park Community Memorial Marker
Inscription.
A place for reflection commemorating all lives lost to acts of terrorism and war, including

Dana Falkenberg • Zoe Falkenberg • Charles Falkenberg • Leslie Whittington • Sheila M.S. Hein

September 11, 2001

 
Erected 2005 by Tom Ashcraft, Design; Sandra Youssef Clinton, Landscape.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: 9/11 Attacks.
 
Location. 38° 58.26′ N, 76° 56.764′ W. Memorial is in University Park, Maryland, in Prince George's County. It can be reached from Wells Parkway 0.1 miles south of Beechwood Road, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 6400 Wells Parkway, Hyattsville MD 20782, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Mid-Atlantic, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once
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one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Declaration of Independence / President John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address (approx. 0.3 miles away); To Serve and Defend / Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Treaty at Fort McIntosh / President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" Address (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Constitution / The 19th Amendment (approx. 0.4 miles away); A Nation of Immigrants / The Original 13 States (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Bill of Rights / The Statue of Liberty (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Louisiana Purchase / Edison's Light Bulb Patent (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Lewis & Clark Expedition / The 15th Amendment (approx. 0.4 miles away).
 
University Park Community Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 8, 2023
2. University Park Community Memorial
Closeup of the memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 8, 2023
3. Closeup of the memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 8, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 308 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on July 8, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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