Flight 93 National Memorial
The memorial joins a hilltop visitor center, a field of honor, and a separate Wall of Names in a landscape designed for reflection.
Artwork inspired by Horace Pippin
Flight 93 National Memorial preserves the Pennsylvania site where passengers and crew resisted the hijackers on September 11, 2001. The hilltop visitor center traces the events through firsthand accounts and looks toward the field below. Give the testimony time rather than treating the memorial as a photo stop. The quiet landscape is an essential part of its design.
The Wall of Names stands at Memorial Plaza, separate from the visitor-center exhibits; the two areas connect by road or a longer walk. Forty marble panels honor the people aboard. The Tower of Voices near the entrance is another stop. Admission is free, but this is a place for remembrance, not a recreational park; food choices are limited.
- Honored
- 40 passengers and crew
- Two core stops
- Visitor center and Memorial Plaza
- Admission
- Free
Quick guide
- Begin on the hill
- Read the visitor-center story before looking across the field.
- Continue to the wall
- Drive or follow the marked route to Memorial Plaza; it is not beside the exhibits.
Know before you go
- Enter thoughtfully
- Allow time for firsthand accounts and sensitive material in the exhibits.
- Read the landscape
- The field, flight-path axis, and plaza are deliberately connected.
- Reach the names
- Each marble panel at Memorial Plaza honors a person aboard.
- Pause at the tower
- The Tower of Voices is a separate entrance-area element.
Good to know
The Google listing opens the visitor-center arrival, not the Wall of Names. Memorial Plaza is farther along the park road; NPS notes no picnic or recreation areas and only modest snacks for purchase.
Notice these
- Wall of Names
- Field of Honor
- Tower of Voices