Twin Towers Memorial - The National Memorial Arboretum, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Staffordshire, UK
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A memorial garden with a special plaque in The National Memorial Arboretum.
Waymark Code: WM92TB
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/19/2010
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Dedicated on the first anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center this memorial is on the edge of the car park area of the arboretum. Within the plaque monument is debris from the Twin Towers entrusted to the arboretum from the British Fire and Rescue Services. This was donated from the Firefighters in the USA.
Two giant Redwood trees have been planted here to represent the Twin Towers together with English Oak, a Scots Pine, a Welsh Yew, an Irish Strawberry tree and an American Black Oak.
The memorial is a tribute to those who died as a result of the terrorist attack.
Date of Dedication: 09/11/2002
Name of organization that built the memorial: Hereford and Worcester and the Hereford and Worcester Fire Authority
Private or Public Monument?: Private
Text on the memorial:
THE TWIN TOWERS MEMORIAL
Further text shown in the gallery pictures.
Physical address of memorial:
National Memorial Arboretum
Croxall Road
Alrewas, Staffordshire United Kingdom
DE13 7AR
Website for more information: [Web Link]
Additional coordinates: Not Listed
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Visit Instructions:
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