after much review, in february 20 the jury panel settled on a design by keith kaseman and july beckmanican airlines flight 77. support for the memorial came forth from the entire country. major american corpotions joined hands with key international partners and individual american donors, some of whom gave even a small contribution from savings to see that the attack on the pentagon was n fever forgotten. at a foundry outside st. louis, missouri, custom mol and metal alloys were created that would form the 184 individual benches on display throughout the morial. stl fired at over 3,000 degrees would ultimately be crafted into individual tributes digned to last for generations to come. as would be expected, every detail of the pentagon memorial is deliberate and helps tell a part of the overall story. >> right off the bat we decided to try to figure out a way to invite interpretation; put enough clues, enough hints and clues into this place that would make one pause for a second, and a place to jusust contemplate. the act of contemplation at this a way to p pay respect.elf >> the memor