The Memorial was being offered by The Spirit of America Foundation to communities around Washington State. The Memorial includes a piece of structural steel from the 60th floor of one of the Twin Towers, an ornamental piece of limestone from the face of the Pentagon and four bronze statues, together representing all those who perished on September 11th, 2001. Today the Memorial also includes “The Survivor Tree” – a Callery Pear like the one pulled from the smoldering rubble of the World Trade site, and four granite monuments. The monuments are engraved with the names of each individual who perished on airplanes at each tragic site – Pentagon, World Trade Center site and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Late in 2013, a small group of Cashmere area citizens began meeting at the Cashmere Library to consider competing with other communities around Washington State to win the 9/11 Spirit of America Memorial. There were many requirements but ultimately, after six months of preparations, the 9/11 Spirit of America Memorial Committee won the beloved Memorial for the City of Cashmere. The leaders of The Spirit of America Foundation were so impressed with what the Cashmere’s Spirit of America Memorial Committee had created that they offered the non-profit Foundation to the SAM Committee as its own. Today the Memorial is managed by the locally-governed 9/11 Spirit of America Memorial Foundation. Since the dedication in 2015, the 9/11 Spirit of American Memorial has become a destination for visitors and a regional asset for our communities.