Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial Monument in Sandy Hook, Connecticut

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28 Riverside Road

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www.newtown-ct.gov/sandy-hook-permanent-memorial-commission
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The memorial is within sight of the new, rebuilt Sandy Hook Elementary School. The main feature, a granite water basin engraved with the names of the victims, rests at the centre of a circling network of gravel paths, stone seat walls, and cobblestone. A planter in the centre of the basin features a young sycamore tree, symbolizing the young ages of the victims.
Near the path to enter the memorial, a plaque resting upon a stone welcomes visitors and includes a quote from former U.S. President Barack Obama from when he spoke at an interfaith vigil at Newtown High School on December 16, 2012.Encased within the stone is soil created from items left in impromptu memorials throughout Newtown in the days following the tragedy. The official memorial has been met with approval from the victims' families.

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Permanent official memorial for the students and teachers lost as Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012. It was designed by architects Dan Affleck and Ben Waldo of SWA Group, and was selected from a pool of 189 submissions. $3.7 million to construct the memorial was narrowly approved by Newtown voters in April 2021, and site work began in August 2021. Construction was completed in August 2022. The memorial opened to the public on November 13, 2022, after a private ceremony with the victims' families.