Memorial
On the third anniversary of the accident in 1999, a memorial was dedicated to the victims in the Everglades. The memorial, consisting of 110 concrete pillars, is located just north of Tamiami Trail at 25°45′42.613″N 80°40′19.308″W / 25.76183694°N 80.67203°W / 25.76183694; -80.67203 about 11.9 miles west of Krome Avenue in Miami-Dade County and points to the location of the crash site eight miles to the north.
The memorial was designed by students at University of Miami in conjunction with the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS). Project coordination was provided by the International Masonry Institute and the memorial was constructed in large part by the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craft Workers, Local 1 with materials donated by local suppliers. The 110 pillars represent the lives of those who perished in the crash.
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“When I received this [coronation] ring I solemnly bound myself in marriage to the realm; and it will be quite sufficient for the memorial of my name and for my glory, if, when I die, an inscription be engraved on a marble tomb, saying, “Here lieth Elizabeth, which reigned a virgin, and died a virgin.””
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)
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—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)