9/11 Memorial in Doylestown to Feature Steel Beam from World Trade Center

A Sept. 11 memorial sculpture that will be erected at the Bucks County Justice Center in Doylestown will feature a steel beam from the World Trade Center rubble. The design of the sculpture, entitled Renew. Resolve. Remember., was unveiled Tuesday by the Bucks County Commissioners and the Travis Manion Foundation.

It will feature the 20-ft steel I-beam, which was pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks. The beam was given to the Travis Manion Foundation in 2009 by the Port Authority of New York. The Foundation donated the beam to the county in hopes that it could be part of a monument for the entire community to observe.

“This project began five years ago after my mother and founder of the Travis Manion Foundation, Janet Manion, read an article in the Wall Street Journal detailing the available artifacts from the World Trade Center,” Ryan Manion Borek, President of the Travis Manion Foundation said. “She was excited at the prospect of bringing a piece of our nation’s collective history home to Bucks County and envisioned creating a public memorial that symbolized the resilient spirit of America.”

“Renew. Resolve. Remember.” Is designed by artist Alan Goldstein and architect Richard Bartels. The design was selected following an extensive search.

“After the Travis Manion Foundation donated the beam to Bucks County, we joined together to realize Janet’s dream of having a 9/11 Memorial sculpture in Doylestown,” Bucks County Commissioner Chairman Robert Loughery said. “We put together a committee of community representatives to oversee the development of the sculpture and the committee put out a call to the local community and asked artists to propose designs for the sculpture.”

Goldstein, the artist, is a native New Yorker who grew up in Brooklyn, and now lives in New Hope. Architect Richard Bartels has more than 40 years of experience in the field.