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Friday, November 16, 2012

Suwanee Identifies Artist, Permanent Site for 9/11 Artifact

A Statesboro artist will develop a display for Remembrance, which will be placed in Town Center Park.

Suwanee officials have selected a Georgia Southern art teacher to develop a display for their 9/11 artifact, and they want it placed in Town Center Park near Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road. City Council members were briefed Thursday (November 15) at a work session on the developments. Marc Moulton of Statesboro, who already has two pieces in the current SculpTour exhibit, made a slide presentation of his concept for permanent display of the 1,600-pound steel remnant from the destroyed World Trade Center towers. -- What do you think of Suwanee's plan for the 9/11 artifact? What about the location? Tell us in the comments below. The artifact has been in storage since early 2012; it was unveiled in a ceremony at City Hall in September 2011. It is…

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Suwanee on 9/11: '(Terrorists) Can Score, but They Can't Win', Town Center Park, and Suwanee Rolls Out SculpTour II

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Suwanee Still Debating Site for 9/11 Artifact

'Remembrance' may go back into storage while plans are finalized.

  • GOVERNMENT
  • Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Suwanee city officials still are discussing a permanent site for Remembrance, the city's 9/11 artifact, and the former piece of the destroyed World Trade Center towers may go back into storage for the winter. The 1,600-pound piece of steel has been on display in front of City Hall since a memorable ceremony on Sept. 10. However, officials have not settled on a permanent site, and they are concerned about effects of weather, such as rust, on the artifact. "We need to get it out of the elements," City Manager Marty Allen said. The piece had been stored in a hangar at JFK airport in New York since officials there sorted out wreckage after the attacks in 2001. It arrived in Suwanee in July after city officials coordinated shipping with the …

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Suwanee on 9/11: '(Terrorists) Can Score, but They Can't Win'

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