The 9/11 Memorial At Ground Zero

From the Washington Times:

We can have a Ground Zero Mosque, but not a memorial that actually memorializes 9/11

...Instead of acting as a constant reminder of the attacks, a symbol for us and future generations of the evil that struck, the death and destruction it caused and the heroism and sacrifice in response, the [9/11] memorial will wipe out all evidence and memory of the attacks.

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The cause of "these deaths," how these people came to be absent - that is, 9/11 - has been deemed irrelevant and even contrary to your memorial "experience."

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Cities and towns across America have humbly requested a segment of the twisted steel of the WTC to feature in their own modest Sept. 11 memorials. The only memorial where one is not welcome is the "national" memorial at Ground Zero.

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The photo of the three firefighters raising the flag at Ground Zero became as iconic of Sept. 11 as Joe Rosenthal's famous photo of the Marines' flag-raising at Iwo Jima was of World War II. So you know its fate.

This historic and symbolic act will not be depicted or recognized in any way. The design of the "national" Sept. 11 memorial will not, therefore, honor the values targeted and will deny them as deserving of our defense and sacrifice.

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The National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center is not, nor is it intended to be, a genuine and lasting commemoration of Sept. 11. Rather, it is political correctness gone mad....

Michael Burke [author of the above essay] served on the family advisory committee for the memorial and the advisory committee on the museum center to the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. His brother, New York Fire Department Capt. William F. Burke Jr., Engine Company 21, gave his life on 9/11.

By the 20th anniversary of 9/11, will Americans even know what happened on that horrific day - when jihad came to America?