The new 9/11 memorial at the National Firefighters Memorial Park in Emmitsburg, Md. is huge. It is three times life size and is modeled after the photograph taken by Thomas E. Franklin of three firefighters raising the American flag over the ruins of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The sculpture "To Lift A Nation" is by Utah sculptor Stan Watts and it is awesome. I seem to have bad luck with the light in Emmitsburg, to get a good picture I'll have to return to catch the morning (pre-noon) light. I'll wait a little while, the platform the statue stands on is still being completed. If you live close by it is definitely worth the drive to see this and the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. Don't forget you've got to stop for a entry pass at security.
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And don't forget to stop at the Otto House for a sandwich and a wet one or two.
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