reunification artist ones addressed the building s history with his piece. hitler s first trip abroad was to venice in one nine hundred thirty four where he visited the german pavilion of the be an alley. he ordered a redesign including the laying of marble slabs. uprooted them and smashed them into pieces visitors literally trod on german history and inevitably slipped now and then all part of the concept. and i bored and searched out the. if the ground beneath your feet is destroyed you re on shaky ground of them again come on then my opinion that s the situation in which europe and especially germany now finds itself in my dreams and. in that respect i wouldn t call what i have done here and attack on germany are. missed. i ll start. in a way it could almost be understood as
been happening what had happened in the past was that you had a lot of pilgrims that were eager to take a little piece of the tomb away with them. so custodians of the church eventually covered the original rock with marble slaps to prevent souvenir gatherers, so to speak. so the experts believe the marble was placed more than 400 years ago, in 1555? well, yes, this is that s one historical account we have. it may have been been placed even earlier, by the 1370s. what we are finding, when the scientific team is finding in working together is that we have multiple layers of marble going down, marble slabs and we need to work with all of those in order to expose the rock and seal it. what is happening the shrine that encompasses the tomb, the
of deep gratitude that hung heavy in the air today. as thousands came to pay their respects. of those who sacrificed so much, ten years ago. the unveiling of the wall of names, you see here, behind me, still active with members of the public paying their respects, getting a first up-close look for the first time here today. again, the centerpiece, really of today s flight 93 national memorial dedication, 40 marble slabs, 8 feet tall, each engraved with the names of those lost on united flight 93, in black. and there was one slab engraved with the name of a female passenger who was pregnant at the time, also with the words, unborn child, next to her name. though wall follows the flight path before it slammed into the field, a historic day for the more than 700 family members who waited for this moment to see a permanent memorial take shape. years of acquiring land, raising funds, and several construction and design challenges along the