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The article discusses the challenges of the construction of a memorial for the Flight 93 crash site in Shanksville, Pennsylvania after the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks . Topics include details about the rural town, the involvement of the National Park Service in building the memorial, and difficulties of buying the land from Svonavec Inc., a quarrying company. Discussion of the allegations of Islamic symbols in the memorial design of Paul Murdoch, an architect, by Alec Rawls, son of philosopher John Rawls, are also included.

The article discusses tokens left behind by visitors to the site in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where United Airlines Flight 93, a hijacked airplane, crashed during the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the U.S. It examines the organization of collecting and preserving tokens paying tribute to the passengers on the plane. According to the article, most of the objects are religious and patriotic in nature. The article focuses on how the American flag is incorporated in the tributes.

The article presents a picture of mourners in front of a makeshift shrine in Shanksville, Pennsylvania erected to remember the victims of the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001.

The article presents updates on the national memorial efforts to recognize, remember, and honor some 3,000 Americans who died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. It mentions the Pentagon Memorial in Virginia, the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania, and the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center in New York. It notes the memorials for firefighters, police officers, and paramedics who responded to the incident.

The article reports that the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, the National September 11 Memorial Museum, the Flight 93 National Memorial, and the Pentagon Memorial Fund offered an online conference to provide educators with resources and strategies for dealing with the attacks.

The article focuses on the 9/11 Flight 93 national memorial as the cover for the 22nd edition of the Classic Farm Tractors Calendar in the U.S. The cover of the calendar has a picture of the Pennsylvania red barn which will be used in the printing of the T-shirts and sweatshirts. The proceeds of the T-shirts and sweatshirts will be used for the completion of the Flight 93 National Memorial.

The article focuses on the status of the efforts to build memorials at selected sites in the U.S. that most identified with the September 11, 2001 tragedy. The World Trade Center Memorial Foundation has been trying to raise money to create a memorial. The Pentagon Memorial Fund has raised more than $11 million since April 2004 for the Pentagon Memorial in Virginia. The Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania was delayed for a time over criticism that the design resembled an Islamic crescent.