I returned to Sequim’s new Civic Center Plaza recently. I’d read that there is an artifact memorializing 9/11 from New York’s Twin Towers and I wanted to take a look. I found it, modestly placed at the base of two flag poles.
It is a piece of steel from the collapsed towers. Sequim’s Police Chief Bill Dickinson and other police officers went to New York on their own time (and dimes) to collect the piece and bring it back for eventual placement in the new Civic Center. It had been in storage since 2011.
It’s a substantial piece of steel, about two inches thick. When I saw it there was no label or interpretive information. At least for now you need to know what you’re looking at to understand its significance.
That’s a pretty sombre monument. I like the simplicity.
Hopefully, there will be a plaque of some kind to let visitors know what it’s all about. Nice idea, though!
A visual reminder, but a sign sure would help!
We have a piece of the Berlin Wall here. There’s an informative sign.
Very nice! I will go to see it. I wondered where it was, remembering when they went to New York to pick it up.
Somber indeed.
I am glad that Sequim leaders chose to incorporate something from September 11 into their new building and civic center. It was most thoughtful.