Flight 93 Memorial an Affront to Us All

Controversy surrounded the proposed memorial for the victims of the United Flight 93 hijacking last week, when the father of one victim publicly criticized the memorial and it's design as glorifying the Islamic hijackers.

As crazy as it seems, Tom Burnett Sr. has collected over 5,300 signatures protesting the design of the memorial, which has still not broken ground, but has a budget of well over $50m. It is to be a National Monument which means tax dollars will pay for it.

It is an impressive memorial. Designed to emulate the surrounding terrain, the circular outer ring of trees, according to Los Angeles based architect Paul Murdoch, was originally titled, "Crescent of Embrace". It has been renamed and redesigned though, because the Red Oak trees proposed for the 'crescent' make an unmistakable red crescent and to make matters worse, the crescent is facing east, in the direction of Mecca, the Islamic holy city. There are too many coincidences to ignore and I'm not done yet.

The design was picked out of thousands of entries, and along with the "Crescent of Embrace" which surrounds the "sacred" ground of the actual crash, there is a tower, which when considered along with the other aspects of the design, creates a red crescent, facing east with a minaret-like tower which completes the Islamic mosque style. When the shadow of the tower reaches a certain point, it signals time for prayers, according to Islamic custom.

There are too many coincidences and I smell a rat

Let's join in the outcry against this misguided, overpriced outreach to muslims.

Write to the National Park Service/Flight 93 Memorial office at to this address, call or fax your complaint. This isn't just political correctness gone awry as usual, it's deceptive and cunning, as the practicers of the peaceful faith who try to conquer us are.

Write to:
Flight 93 National Memorial
109 West Main Street
Suite 104
Somerset, PA
15501
Call (814) 443-4557
Fax (814) 443-2180

-Katykarter