December 20, Concerns over the threat of terrorism lead to the closure of a bus tunnel that had been used to drop passengers beneath the concourse since the Pentagon opened. September Renovations are completed on the first of the Pentagon's five wedges slated for upgrading and improvement.
September 11, , a. After being seized by five hijackers, American Airlines Flight 77 is flown into the first floor of the Pentagon's west wall at a speed of approximately knots.
June 15, Ground is broken for the Pentagon Memorial dedicated to the victims and events of September 11, September 11, The Pentagon Memorial is dedicated. Brauer, Carl M. Wilmington, Delaware: Hagley Museum and Library, Brinkley, David. Washington Goes to War. New York: Ballantine Books, Creed, Patrick and Rick Newman. New York: Random House, Fine, Lenore and Jesse A.
Washington, D. Army, Goldberg, Alfred. Putney, Nancy K. Berlage, and Rebecca Hancock Welch. Vogel, Steve. First Last. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Sponsors View all. Never Miss an Update Subscribe.
Follow Us. About Contact. Indigenous Acknowledgment Virginia Humanities acknowledges the Monacan Nation , the original people of the land and waters of our home in Charlottesville, Virginia. The original rapid construction and choice of materials during World War II lead to a flexible plan with large horizontal spaces. A resulting lack of firebreaks in the original construction may contribute to difficulty in fire suppression.
This enormous and busy structure had its origins during World War II. The outbreak of war in Europe in placed tremendous demands on the War Department and greatly increased its needs for office space. By department personnel worked in at least seventeen different buildings within Washington D.
Although the department opened a new building in the northwest part of the city, it became inadequate even before it was occupied. The War Department needed a new home and a big one. He became the prime planner for what would eventually be the War Department's massive home. As an alternative to temporary facilities proposals in , Brig. Somervell and his associates took less than four days to develop plans for a mammoth three-story facility to house 40, people.
The architect was George E. Bergstrom and the prime contractor was the John T. McShain Company of Philadelphia. Immediately after the Pearl Harbor attack, a fourth floor was added to the plan, and later a fifth. To conserve steel and other metals, concrete ramps instead of elevators were used to connect the floors, and the outside walls were made of reinforced concrete. At times of peak employment 13, workers labored on the project. By 30 April , about eight months after ground breaking, the contractor completed the first two sections of the building and War Department personnel began to move in.
State Department. As the ranks of the War Department continued to swell, they began to branch out across the city, and were eventually being housed in 17 different buildings. Army Quartermaster Corps, was tasked with finding a permanent solution to the space problem. On July 17, Somervell met with architect George Bergstrom, giving him just three days to come up with a design that would accommodate 40, employees and 10, cars.
It owes its unique shape to a different planned location. Several sites were considered for the new military complex. The original choice was a sprawling stretch of land just to the east of Arlington Cemetery, on land that once belonged to Confederate General Robert E. At the time, the tract was managed by the Department of Agriculture, which ran an experimental farm on the land.
Arlington Farms was bound by access roads, forming a slightly irregular pentagon shape. As it was too late to start a new design process, the pentagon shape remained, though its five sides were straightened and smoothed to the more standard form we know today.
As the Vietnam War dragged on, with more than , U. First established in , the FBI has often been criticized for violating the civil rights of At a. The airplane, Foggy Bottom neighborhood to house the ever-growing U. War Department, but before it was even completed, the Auschwitz, also known as Auschwitz-Birkenau, opened in and was the largest of the Nazi concentration and death camps.
Located in southern Poland, Auschwitz initially served as a detention center for political prisoners. However, it evolved into a network of camps where Roosevelt through his Executive Order From to , it was the policy of the U.
The national debt is the total amount of money that the U. Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, opened in , shortly after Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. Located in southern Germany, Dachau was initially a camp for political prisoners; however, it eventually evolved into a death camp where countless Live TV.
This Day In History. History Vault. Pentagon Construction Begins: September 11, Construction on the Pentagon began without fanfare on September 11, Recommended for you.
0コメント