Pentagon travel guide

Scenic spot introduction:

The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, the highest military command organization in the United States. It is a military center of the United States. It is named after the pentagonal shape of the building. It is the largest single administrative building in the world.
The building is located in Arlington County, Virginia, southwest of Washington, DC. It was designed by American architect George Bergstrom and builder John McShain of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The construction was started on September 11, 1941 and completed on January 15, 1943. The origin of the construction was that in early 1941, Hitler controlled most of the European continent, and then US President Roosevelt declared a national emergency. At that time, the rapidly growing U.S. Army Department was in urgent need of a new command base, so today's world-famous American landmark building was built.
There is another major event that is still fresh in the memory of the Pentagon, which is the "9/11 incident" that shocked the world. At 8:40 a.m. Eastern Time on September 11, 2001, four U.S. domestic flights were hijacked almost simultaneously, and one of them attacked the Pentagon in Washington, the capital. Part of the structure of the building was engulfed by fire, partially damaged, and part of the structure collapsed. 125 people died. To this day, the remnants left by the impact are still intact here for people to visit and commemorate, and also to warn people that terrorism cannot be left behind.

Attractions distribution:

The Pentagon has a total construction area of ​​6.5 million square feet (604,000 square meters), including 3.7 million square feet (344,000 square meters) of office space. It has five facades and is divided into five floors (including two underground floors) , there are 5 circular corridors on each floor from the inside to the outside, with a total length of 17.5 miles (28.2 kilometers).
There are two escalators on the left and right of the lobby going straight up to the second floor. On the left is a huge American flag, and on the right is a flag pattern composed of photos of those who lost their lives in the 911 plane crash into the Pentagon. In the center between the four escalators is The huge words "United States Department of Defense" are below it the four circular emblems of the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, and the United States Marine Corps. The second floor is the "commercial corridor", which contains supermarkets, clothing stores, post offices, banks, food courts, etc. After the corridor is the office area. It is worth noting that there are many promotional contents of important events and activities in the corridor, as well as introductions of some international organizations, flags of NATO countries, etc. In addition, tourists must not miss the memorial hall on the first floor where the 911 plane hit the Pentagon. It was the scene where the 911 plane hit the Pentagon. The memorial is divided into two parts, one in the community outside the building, and the other is a small memorial inside the Pentagon.

Scenic spot features:

photography, sightseeing, leisure, military tours, buildings