Object Details
maker
Elgas, G. Penny
Description
Description: Penny Elgas built a patriotic box to preserve this piece of American Airlines Flight 77, the plane that crashed into the Pentagon.
Context: Driving on a highway adjacent to the Pentagon on the morning of September 11, Penny Elgas stopped as she saw a passenger jet descend, clip a light pole near her, and then crash into the Pentagon. Arriving home, Elgas found this plane fragment in the back seat of her car (she theorizes that it dropped through the open sunroof). Feeling that it was her patriotic duty to preserve the fragment as a relic, she crafted a special box and lined it with red, white, and blue material.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
G. Penny Elgas
Date made
2001
ID Number
2003.0058.01
accession number
2003.0058
catalog number
2003.0058.01
Object Name
Box
Measurements
overall: 25 in x 18 in x 6 in; 63.5 cm x 45.72 cm x 15.24 cm
associated
United States: Virginia, Pentagon
See more items in
Military and Society: Armed Forces History, 9/11
September 11
Data Source
National Museum of American History
associated subject
September 11 Terrorist Attacks
related event
September 11th Attacks
Attack on the Pentagon
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1194423