Even if it is unintentional. I do not believe they intentionally incorporated a symbol of Islam into the memorial...but now that they know, that it is clear that it looks like such a symbol, I really, really hope they change it.
Excerpt:
The red crescent moon is the symbol of the The Red Crescent Society, the arm of the International Federation of The Red Cross dedicated to serving Islamic countries and the crescent moon with a star is the internationally-recognized symbol of the faith of Islam. It is featured prominently in some variation on the flags of most Islamic states:
Is this really the sort of symbol we want commemorating the crash of UAL Flight 93?
Jeff,
One could assume that as much time, effort and money has gone into this design that it is indeed intentional
What the intention was is debatable but the intention was to create a crescent which is arguably Islam's top symbol since the Mohammed first sprang forth from Moon worshipping.
Insensitive to me.
Something nationalistic would have been much preferred.
Monuments to heroes are no longer really monuments. They are abstract art with a theme related hopefully to the act.
The Wall was largely scorned at first.....