Central Area in Salem in Marion County, Oregon — The American West (Northwest)

9/11

We Will Never Forget

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, October 14, 2025

1. 9/11 Marker

Inscription. “May the lives remembered, the deeds recognized, and the spirit reawakened be eternal beacons, which reaffirm respect for life, strengthen our resolve to preserve freedom, and inspire an end to hatred, ignorance and intolerance”

National 9/11 Memorial Mission Statement

Dedicated on September 11, 2013

Steel beam identified as G-0056E in the New York Port Authority World Trade Center Archive: Artifiact Inventory Report of January 31, 2007

Erected by Salem Professional Fire Firefighters I.A.F.F. Local 314.

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. 44° 56.28′ N, 123° 2.433′ W. Memorial is in Salem, Oregon, in Marion County. It is in the Central Area. It is on Trade Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 370 Trade Street SE, Salem OR 97301, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Oregon Wine Country

and in the Willamette Valley.

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It is also on the American Pacific Coast,

in the Pacific Northwest,

and in the Lewis & Clark Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

in the Cascade Range,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Salem’s Fire Bell (here, next to this marker); A Grand Tradition (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Salvation Army (about 500 feet away); The Holman Building (about 600 feet away); Adolph Block (about 800 feet away); John Hughes Company/New Salem Hotel Building (approx. 0.2 miles away); All Aboard! (approx. 0.2 miles away); First National Bank, Old/Capitol Tower Building (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Salem.

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, October 14, 2025

2. 9/11 Marker

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, October 14, 2025

3. 9/11 Marker

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, October 14, 2025

4. 9/11 Marker

The marker resides in front of the Salem Fire Department Headquarters.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 15, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 15, 2025, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This page has been viewed 58 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 15, 2025, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.