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FIFTH ANNIVERSARY - SEPT. 11, 2006

 

FLIGHT 93 MEMORIAL TORCH OF LIBERTY Fabricated by retired Somerset blacksmith and artist, David Weimer, the Memorial Torch  of Liberty was unveiled at the Chapel in November, 2002, and dedicated as the gift of the Families of Flight 93 to the Memorial Chapel on the Third Anniversary, September 11, 2003.  Original background research for the Torch began in October and November, 2001, with extensive communication with the National Holocaust Memorial, Washington, D.C., and manufacturers of Laser beams and Halogen and Argon electric beams.  Gas as a light source was dangerous, limited, and expensive, and the laser beam, by far the most desirable, is practically unfeasible and financially prohibitive.  Communications with a supplier of commercial search beams from New Jersey were conducted through December of 2001.  That company ultimately became one of the primary participants in the production of the Tribute of Light displayed March 11, 2002 at the New York Trade Center site in New York. After their first Flight 93 Memorial Tribute Concert at the Chapel, the North Star Kids, a singing troupe of young singers and performers from Pittsburgh, under the direction of Annie Snyder adopted the Torch as a special project.  At each of their public performances in Pittsburgh and suburbs, collections were taken up to “help light the Memorial Torch at Shanksville.”  Their enthusiasm and dedication has resulted in more than 4,000 dollars being raised toward the estimated cost of 10,500 dollars for the half billion candlepower beam that will eventually cap the Torch.  Tests conducted at the Chapel by a local Pennsylvania supplier, Windswept Promotions, demonstrated that the beam can be seen as far away as 25 miles in all directions.  Lighting the Torch Project is special to the North Star Kids, and through them, it has become special to many children who have participated in the Project by gifts and donations of their own and from their families.  It is now the objective to dedicate formally the Memorial Torch this Anniversary in September and to have the light installed for lighting and dedication on the evening of Saturday, September 10th.  The North Star Kids are scheduled for a special Dedication Concert and performance. In addition, a billboard will be located along the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which passes about two miles south of the Chapel.  The billboard will identify the Torch Beam as a Tribute to Flight 93 and the freedom and liberty defended by their heroic sacrifice at Shanksville.  Additional funds to complete the project must come from donations from the public.  To date, more than one thousand contributors have donated to the project.  Gifts small and large have contributed to the present grand total.  After the initial acquisition of the lamp, electric costs, maintenance, and billboard maintenance will be sustained by any funds received over and above the initial 10,500 dollars. A special dedication booklet is being planned, including the names of all contributors.  The booklet will be sent to all who contribute ten dollars or more to Light the Torch of Liberty Project.  Donors of 25 dollars or more will receive a booklet and a certificate attesting to participation in the Torch Project.  Contributors of $100.00 dollars or more will receive the certificate, the dedication booklet, and a special plaque installed at the Chapel will display engraved plates of all those who contribute one hundred dollars or more. The beam will shine into the night sky of Shanksville to remind all who see it that this is Shanksville, the place of Heroes, and will be an inspiration and joy for all who have made it possible.  Your participation is invited.  Thank you. Click Here To Print A Contribution Form

 

MEMORIAL TORCH OF LIBERTY FORMAL DEDICATION – NOVEMBER 11, 2002   Representative Bob Bastian unveiled for Flight 93 Memorial Chapel an outdoor metal sculpture, Memorial Torch of Liberty honoring the memory of the Heroes of Flight 93 at ceremonies on Veterans' Day, Monday, November Eleventh, 2002.  Master Blacksmith, David Weimer of Somerset, Pennsylvania is the commissioned artist. Wrought of Titanium stainless steel and sheet metal, the 6 foot cylindrical spiraled pillar is installed on a six foot pyramidal base. The surmounting Torch approximates the torch held by the Statue of Liberty.   The four spiraled ribbons represent the four planes of September 11, 2001.  Together, they represent all the innocents who perished that day. The source or the beam of light will be a brilliant stationary parallel beam 250 million candlepower Halogen spotlight installed in the framework of the torch and will be seen twenty-five miles in all directions.  A billboard to be installed on the Pennsylvania Turnpike three miles to the south of the Chapel will identify the night beam in honor of the memory of the Heroes of Flight 93 at Shanksville.  The Memorial Torch of Liberty is the gift of the Families of Flight 93 and was presented and dedicated September 10, 2003 by Christine Fraser, representing the Families of Flight 93. The Memorial Torch of Liberty is incomplete without the great powerful light beam extending its symbolic testimony beyond the immediate environment of the Memorial Chapel.  The final steps to completion can only be accomplished with the support and participation of those who choose to help create the final Torch through individual pride and willingness to contribute one-by-one, joining together with many others to make the Torch their own.   The Memorial Torch Project is an opportunity for individuals to reach beyond the limits of what one person can do alone and to join with others to accomplish together something noble in which all can take pride. Click Here to Contribute

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