Traveling 9-11 Memorial, Piedmont Park, Atlanta Dec. 8 2007

The colors are saluted.

The dignitaries sign the beam.
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Traveling 9-11 Memorial, Piedmont Park, Atlanta Dec. 8 2007

The girder from Ground Zero, painted in white and covered with inscriptions.
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Traveling 9-11 Memorial, Piedmont Park, Atlanta Dec. 8 2007

A Boy Scout is interviewed.

The honor guard gets ready.
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Traveling 9-11 Memorial, Piedmont Park, Atlanta Dec. 8 2007

Georgia Senator Johnny Isakson.

The speakers and guests of honor.
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Traveling 9-11 Memorial, Piedmont Park, Atlanta Dec. 8 2007

A visiting police delegation.

Atlanta fire department honor guard.
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Traveling 9-11 Memorial, Piedmont Park, Atlanta Dec. 8 2007


An organizer of the 9-11 memorial commission (sorry, I didn't take notes and there was no program), and another man, whose late daughter was a stewardess on Flight 11.
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Traveling 9-11 Memorial, Piedmont Park, Atlanta Dec. 8 2007

The Carver High School band warms up.

The boy scout troop makes with their secret handshake or something.
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Traveling 9-11 Memorial, Piedmont Park, Atlanta Dec. 8 2007

The twin girders from Ground Zero. They are covered with notes and messages from all over the country.
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Traveling 9-11 Memorial, Piedmont Park, Atlanta Dec. 8 2007

A flag suspended from a couple of fire engine cranes, at the entrance to the exhibit.
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Traveling 9-11 Memorial, Piedmont Park, Atlanta Dec. 8 2007

The head of the New York Port Authority, before the ceremony.
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Traveling 9-11 Memorial, Piedmont Park, Atlanta Dec. 8 2007

The Carver High School Band, with appreciative photo-journalist in attendance.
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Traveling 9-11 Memorial, Piedmont Park, Atlanta Dec. 8 2007

Cub Scouts, awaiting their turn on the stage.
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Traveling 9-11 Memorial, Piedmont Park, Atlanta Dec. 8 2007

A bagpiper at Piedmont Park, before the exhibit was introduced.
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