SUCCESSFUL PROTOTYPE POUR
Many of you know that Keith and Julie, Jim Laychak and Rosemary Dillard, and
Mark and I went out to St. Louis last week for the casting of the first
Memorial Unit prototype.

We are happy to report that it went just about as well as it could possibly
have gone. MetalTek International did a great job, and it was apparent that
all of the hard work that went into translating the model; configuring the
pour; and creating and assembling the pattern and the mold really paid off.
As you can see in the attached photograph, our "team" is ever expanding as
fund raising progress enables our work to continue.

This is a major milestone for the Pentagon Memorial Design/Build- please
celebrate and share the good news. There are links to articles from DC and
St. Louis below. In addition, the Pentagon Memorial Fund's website
(http://www.pentagonmemorial.net/site/PageServer) is updated each month,
and an electronic newsletter is sent to those who register on the site.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15308-2005Mar7.html
http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=76060