Pieces Of The Twin Towers, In Berwick Pa

Pieces Of The Twin Towers
In front of the fire station in Berwick, PA.

On the 10 year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, there were 7,000 tons of steel from the twin towers stored in a hangar at JFK airport.  

A memorial-making program began, running through 2016, in which the Port Authority solicited requests for World Trade Center artifacts from fire and police departments, libraries, small-town museums, military and veteran organizations, and local governments, and  other interested groups. 

Fragments were distributed to all 50 states. There are  memorials built around World Trade Center  steel in Canada, Germany, Italy, England and Israel. U.S. military bases in South Korea and Afghanistan received 9/11 steel, as well.

Other local 9/11 Memorials we've visited  include one in South Williamsport,  & one in York.

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The Spanish American War began when more than 250 Navy crewman lost their lives in an explosion on one of America's first battleships.  When the ship was brought up from the sea in 1911, pieces were distributed throughout the United States, to be used as memorials.  One such piece went to Danville, and another to Scranton. 

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