Skip to main content

Record year for Flags Across Rosslyn marks 17th anniversary of 9/11

By Jeff Clabaugh

WASHINGTON — Rosslyn landlords are marking the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks with record participation in this year’s Flags Across Rosslyn, hanging large American flags from the tops of their buildings in a show of patriotism and remembrance.

This year, 29 buildings are taking part. Landlords include Monday Properties, Tishman-Speyer, AREP, JBG Smith, Cushman & Wakefield, Brookfield, The Wade Company and Lincoln Property Company.

The flags will remain in place through Sept. 14.

Flags Across Rosslyn started spontaneously after the 2001 attacks on the Pentagon in Arlington and the World Trade Center buildings in New York City.

The Rosslyn Business Improvement District now helps coordinate with landlords a few days before the flags go up.

The flags can be viewed throughout Rosslyn, but one of the best viewing perches is from the Iwo Jima Memorial.

America 250: Catherine Bauer’s vision for affordable housing continues to resonate today

By Linh Bui
Catherine Bauer devoted her life to improving housing for low-income families and has been called the "mother of public housing." "A brilliant woman who thought that we ought to treat housing as a public good, the way we treat the fire department or the police department," said Elizabeth Deakin, professor emerita at the University of California, Berkeley. "That doesn't mean there's not a big role for the private sector, but it also means that the public sector has responsibilities to make sure we're okay."
Read Next Story