Howell, NJ, 911 Memorial Honors Town’s Five Fallen
Howell’s memorial with five arches signifying the town’s five residents who perished as well as the Pentagon was dedicated in 2005.
The work was budgeted at $150,000 and came in under cost. It is located at town hall, 251 Preventorium Road.
The dome-shaped monument has five arches that represent each Howell resident who was killed: John Lennon, Colin McArthur, John Rhodes, Joseph Sacerdote and Alan Wisniewski.
Their names are engraved in black marble plaques mounted along the inside of the arches, along with plaques that feature national symbols such as the American eagle and the Washington Monument.
The five arches meet at the top in a pentagon, an homage to the lives lost in the attack on the Pentagon, outside Washing-ton, D.C., that same day.
The floor of the monument area is constructed of black and gray stone on which an outline of the World Trade Center’s twin towers in the New York skyline is depicted.
A large, black granite rock inside the dome is inset with a plaque that commemorates the passengers of United Airlines Flight 93, along with a pedestal that contains a piece of the World Trade Center.
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Asbury Press Article on Dedication
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