@ Batimore World Trade Center

The Memorial's inspiration is a striking artifact from the Twin Towers, requested by Governor Martin O'Malley and selected by a delegation of members of the Maryland Commission of Public Art, the Maryland Port Administration and the Maryland State Arts Council. The 22-foot-long steel artifact, consisting of three twisted and torn amalgamated steel columns, are sited in front of Baltimore's World Trade Center. While the steel artifact inspired the Memorial, Marylanders were in fact lost at all three 9/11 sites, and each of these sites will be represented in the Memorial. Limestone pieces from the Pentagon's west wall are also integrated into the design, and though artifacts cannot be obtained from the Flight 93 site near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, that important site is represented in the Memorial with three large pieces of polished black granite.

The 9/11 Memorial of Maryland also includes an exhibit within the Top of the World observation level on the 27th floor of the World Trade Center, featuring a smaller steel artifact from the Twin Towers, limestone from the Pentagon's west façade and limestone rocks from the Flight 93 National Memorial near Shanksville. The names and photographs of each of the Marylanders that were lost are featured in the Exhibition.

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.

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.

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.

Logging Requirement:

1. Visit the Top of the World (27th floor).  Locate the first Marylander listed (L to R) on the middle pane of the north facing windows.  The Log Password is his/her last name and age on 9-11-01.  You'll find the age somewhere nearby. 

NOTE: Marylanders' names are listed slightly offset from the others.  If the last name was "Adams" and their age was "42", the LP would be "Adams42".

2.  Post a picture from your visit to the memorial.

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