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Superman's product of the century (so far):
Michelle Malkin reports that the winning design of the Flight 93 memorial will be altered due to the controversy over the 'red crescent' aspect of the design.
Good. There should never be even a potential of a dilution of honor - especially in a place like this.
Michelle points out though that this memorial is not about embrace as well, quoting Captain Ed:
Removing the crescent will handle the most objectionable part of the design. However, unless the design does more to memorialize the way these forty civilians galvanized the nation into action instead of defeatist paralysis, it will still do an injustice to their memory. The other elements of the Murdoch design sound and look beautiful, but communicate passivity and detachment. These qualities embody the antithesis of Flight 93, which demand action and involvement of all Americans in defiance of terrorism and the defense of the nation.
Let's hope that Murdoch will rethink his design to truly memorialize what Flight 93 meant to America. Otherwise, the jury needs to literally go back to the drawing board.
Do we get to make suggestions?
Make the visitor center a replica of the White House or the Capitol building. At the entry put up a sign that says: "This represents the physical building that they saved. They also saved the American spirit that inhabits this place. That's what heroes do."
Cover the memorial grounds with American flags - say about 40,000 of them. 1,000 for each of the heroes. You don't need to plant them in the shape of a crescent or a cross - put them everywhere - along the flight path, around the crash site, everywhere anyone might look. Let there be no question that these heroes died for our American ideals, that they died for the great cause of freedom. In a heroic stand of enormous price - in bittersweet tragic irony - this place commemorates the fact that they stayed the course.
Let's Roll.
Ace says it's OK to make suggestions. I like his.
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