Beirut Peacekeeping Tower Groundbreaking Media Coverage
Thank you to the local media stations for your coverage of this event!
Over 1,000 turn out for Beirut Peacekeeprs Memorial Tower groundbreaking
Once complete in about a year, the 3-story tower will stand 45 feet tall with 241 rods — one for each of the 241 lives lost on Oct. 23, 1983, when a suicide bomber drove a truck into the Marine Corps barracks in Beirut.
Thank you to the local media stations for your coverage of this event!
Over 1,000 turn out for Beirut Peacekeeprs Memorial Tower groundbreaking
Published by The Daily Sun
By NANCY J. SEMON Staff Writer
Once complete in about a year, the 3-story tower will stand 45 feet tall with 241 rods — one for each of the 241 lives lost on Oct. 23, 1983, when a suicide bomber drove a truck into the Marine Corps barracks in Beirut.
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