"Throughout the whole process, the families wanted to
make sure that the designers were creating a park where people
could come and remember and reflect and renew."
Source: Jean Barnak, the Defense Department's
project manager for the Pentagon September 11 Memorial. The
memorial will be officially dedicated at a September 11 ceremony
hosted by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates. Thereafter, it will be
open to the public 24 hours a day.