ABOUT THE MEMORIAL
MEMORIAL DESIGN
All memorials are about time. This is especially true of the 9/11 Memorial of Maryland, honoring those from our State who perished in the tragic events of September 11, 2001.
Looking East — 9:37 a.m.
Assessment and study of the artifact
9/11 is no longer just another date on the calendar. It is a date that marks a turning point, a day that separates two eras—a time that has changed us forever. And so time, loss, change and resilience inform the design of this memorial.
The immense white marble stones that comprise the base recall geologic time. Marble has been used for millennia to create durable monuments, evoking historical time. The individual stones work together to support the twisted steel relic from the North Tower of the World Trade Center. This artifact's deformation dramatically illustrates the terrible force and power of the destruction on that day. Moreover, rust from the steel artifact will patinate the individual stones, indelibly changing them over time, so the steel and the stone will evolve together as the years pass.
Time Markers
Like the gnomon of a sundial, Baltimore's World Trade Center casts a shadow that slowly moves across the memorial. Every September 11, the shadow will cross inscriptions indicating the time of the events that morning ten years ago:
8:46 AM
American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into the World Trade Center North Tower.
9:03 AM
United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into the World Trade Center South Tower.
9:37 AM
American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon.
9:59 AM
The South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses.
10:03 AM
United Airlines Flight 93 crashes near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
10:28 AM
The North Tower of the World Trade Center collapses.
10:50 AM
Pentagon wall collapses.
The names and birthdays of the fallen are grouped around the locations where they fell. The time they had was cut short.