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Never
Forget Sept.11, 2001
If we don't do this correctly - if we let some minor memorial be dwarfed by
office space - people a hundred years from now will say this generation did
not understand the significance of that world-altering day. Sept. 11 must not
lose its resonance as time dulls the sharp edges our collective memory.
Ground zero is the site of the worst attack in the history of our country. I
pray it will be the worst attack in the history of this country a hundred
years from now. Done correctly, a memorial will inspire people. It should not
symbolize the loss of our world before Sept. 11 or of an America that no
longer exists. It should symbolize our survival and our triumph.
Rudolph Giuliani
Welcome
This
is the official website for the Anthony 9-11 Memorial.
"We have
not forgotten; We will never forget; We will always care. A tribute to the Heroes of
9-11."
This year's Sept. 11th
Memorial ceremony will take place in Memorial Park at 7:00pm. Our guest
speaker will be U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran. Included in the program will
be recognition of all
emergency workers, music and more. Grab your lawn chair and join us.
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The
Anthony 9-11 Memorial has been erected to the memory of those true patriots
who gave their lives during this horrific tragedy in NYC, Washington D.C. and
a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and to honor those left behind.
The memorial is about ordinary people who met extraordinary challenges,
working together to make a difference across our nation, and in the lives of
one heroic firefighter's family. It tells the story of the
connection between a small farming community of 2300 people in south-central Kansas, fallen
firefighter Joseph P. Spor, Jr. and his brothers at Engine 88, Ladder 38
FDNY, and Rescue 3.
The
Anthony 9-11 Memorial incorporates artifacts from all three
sites of the Attack on America. After observing Mr. Shane Gentry, a WTC
survivor from Shawnee, Kansas, pour dirt from the WTC site and dust from his
clothes into the Memorial site at the Groundbreaking Ceremony, the Committee agreed to try to get something
from the Pentagon and the crash site of United Flight 93 (Pennsylvania) to add to
the WTC steel.
The Pentagon agreed to release a 250-pound block of limestone from the
facing of the wall that was hit by the terrorists. Col. Michael
Fergason (Ret.)
delivered it to Anthony on July 15, 2004.
The Flight 93 Memorial Committee and the Families of Flight 93 agreed to
send some soil from the area of the Pennsylvania crash site. It
arrived mid August 2004.
Both of these additions to the Anthony 9-11 Memorial completed the
purpose of the Memorial: to tell the story of 9-11 and the response of
a
small town far removed from the attack sites, and to honor ALL the heroes we
lost that day.
This
image shows how the memorial appears at night. Beams
of light illuminate the three panels as well as the World Trade Center
steel and the 3 flags. "Twin Towers of light" shoot directly
toward the heavens from behind the 2 limestone pillars located between the flag poles, in
tribute to the twin towers.
Early in the year 2006, The Kansas Legislature passed House Bill 2595
designating the Anthony 9-11 Memorial as the official Kansas "9-11 Memorial". You can read these documents by
clicking
here.
The Committee
The
Anthony 9-11 Memorial Committee is comprised of 7 members: chairperson, Donna
Crowe, Shirley Barrett, Sam Beam, Cynda Carr, Mayor Howard Hatfield, Debbie
Mangen and Pam Schott. This group of tireless volunteers are dedicated
to the purpose of memorializing those whose lives were taken on Sept. 11 and
the families and friends left behind.
This
is the location chosen for the memorial. It is the southeast corner of
Memorial Park on the west edge of Anthony.
The
memorial has been constructed from red brick and Kansas limestone, a
250-pound block of limestone from the Pentagon,
a container of soil from the crash site in Shanksville, Pa.
and 3 partial steel beams from the World Trade Center, donated by the City of New
York to the citizens of Anthony, Ks. in October 2002.
It is being completely built through private donations and corporate
contributions. Money will be raised from donors from across the country
as well as locally.
You can
help us. Although the memorial is in its final construction stages we
are still accepting donations, selling 9-11 Memorial T-shirts and taking
paving brick orders for our walkway. If a $1,000 or more is given, the
name of the donor will be added to our bronze plaque.
As we
have seen our dreams come to life, many new ideas have been incorporated into
the memorial. It has been an exciting project to be a part of.
Like everything else, freight and construction prices have gone up since we
started this endeavor. The cost has more than doubled our original
estimates but we have never wavered from our goal.
There is
still much to do. We have the front walkway to fill and big
ideas for landscaping.
We need
your help.
Construction of the
back wall of the memorial began in mid-May.
There
are 3 bronze plaques in the memorial wall which
are used to tell the story of
Sept. 11th and the connection of Anthony and the happenings so far away.
The walkway to the memorial has
finally been completed and the paving bricks in place, ready to be replaced
by engraved bricks.
A
brick walkway to the memorial will feature personalized engraved bricks,
4" X 8", which are available for a minimum donation of $35 per brick. Each brick will hold
a maximum of 3 lines with 20 characters allowed per line. If
you'd like to be a part of this endeavor, print off the order
page, fill out one page for each individual and send the form and your
tax-deductible donation to the address shown below and on the form.
Now
that all the bricks ordered so far have been placed into the wedges of the
memorial we will take a digital photo of the individual bricks of your loved
ones and send them through email for you. There is no charge for this.
Several of our New York people have asked if we would do this because they
live so far away and are unable to see them. We are happy to fulfill
this request.
(Firefighters)
(Families)
(Anonymous Donors)
Contributions
of $1,000 and up will be remembered on a personalized bronze plaque.
Anthony
9-11 Memorial
%City
of Anthony
124
S. Bluff
Anthony,
Ks 87003
This
image is also the picture of the 9-11 Memorial that is used on the front of
our T-shirts, which can be purchased for $15.
We have been very fortunate to have the assistance and
support of "PLACES Architects" from Wichita,
Kansas.
We
will periodically update photos of the site where the
memorial will be erected.
Please
check back with us regularly and watch the progress of our committee.
If you would like to be notified when updates to this page are added, please
email us at Sept11@classicnet.net
and we will add you to our list. If you would like a brochure, please
email your snail mail address to the above email address.
We FINALLY got the
photos taken on Joe Huber's first visit to Anthony added to the website.
(Sorry it took so long, Joe!) The entire business
community reached out to show their support to the FDNY with banners in store
windows and on store signs. His visit to the Anthony Elementary School
and to Friendship Meals gave time to those people to meet Lt. Huber.
The AFD held a reception for him that evening, before his flight back to NYC.
We'd
like to invite you to come to Anthony, Ks to see our Sept. 11
Memorial. While you're here, drive through our community and see the
pride we have in our town and why we think it is such a special place to
live. The map below shows where Anthony is
located. Please visit us on line at:
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We FINALLY got the
photos taken on Joe Huber's first visit to Anthony added to the website.
(Sorry it took so long, Joe!) The entire business
community reached out to show their support to the FDNY with banners in store
windows and on store signs. His visit to the Anthony Elementary School
and to Friendship Meals gave time to those people to meet Lt. Huber.
The AFD held a reception for him that evening, before his flight back to NYC.
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