September 11th Memorial

Location - Texas State Cemetery
City - Austin, Texas

By John Troesser

The September 11th Memorial in the Texas State Cemetery
Photo by John Troesser September 2004

One of most recent additions to the Texas State Cemetery is a simple understated memorial dedicated to those who died in New York, Pennsyvania and Washington D.C. on the morning of September 11, 2001. The memorial consists of a wall of Texas granite enclosing two iron girders salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center.

After entering the main gate of the cemetery the memorial is about 150 yards directly in front of you across the pool.

The Memorial was dedicated on September 11, 2003.

Side view of the September 11th Memorial
Photo by John Troesser September 2004

A view of the girders close up
Photo by John Troesser September 2004

Another view of the girders close up
Photo by John Troesser September 2004

Main entrance to the Texas State Cemetery
909 Navasota St., Austin, TX
Photo courtesy Sarah Reveley, January 2006

After entering the main gate of the cemetery the memorial is about 150 yards directly in front of you across the pool.
Photo courtesy Sarah Reveley, January 2006

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September 11th Memorial

Location - Texas State Cemetery City - Austin, Texas

Location - Texas State Cemetery
City - Austin, Texas