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The chapel is open 24 hours a day and can support 12 worship services a week. It's conveniently located right next to the Pentagon Chaplain's Office.

In the front of the chapel, a memorial window was designed to look like the Survivor's Pin, which was given to every person who lived through the Pentagon attacks. It includes 184 pieces of red glass representing those who died.

Four other stained glass windows in the chapel are dedicated to the attack victims. One is dedicated to the Navy, which lost 33 sailors and nine civilians that day. Two other windows are dedicated to Army departments that lost a total of 22 soldiers and 53 civilians. The fourth window is dedicated to the Defense Intelligence Agency, which lost seven employees that day.

The chapel is consistently used and is even a permanent part of the Pentagon tour.

 

A Visitor's Center Is in the Works

The Pentagon Memorial is currently the only 9/11 attack site that doesn't have a visitor's center or museum. That's going to change now that many visitors, especially children born after the tragedy, don't fully understand its significance.

The 9/11 Pentagon Memorial Visitor Education Center is expected to be built to the west of the memorial itself, on the path of Flight 77 before it hit the building.

 

What To Know If You're Visiting

You might have a lot of questions, like how to get there. Parking is strictly enforced at the Pentagon, so your best bet would be to take public transportation; however, accessible parking is available.

Food, drink and pets aren't allowed at the memorial, but you can take a memento to leave behind. Smoking is not allowed. Photographs can be taken at the memorial, but not anywhere else on the Pentagon Reservation.

Learn more about the 9/11 memorial and the people who lost their lives at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.