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Des Moines Tribute Trail Honors 9/11 Victims

City of Des Moines Parks and Recreation
This is the fourth year Gray's Lake has hosted the 9/11 Tribute Trail.

Iowans looking to remember the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks can take a walk around Gray’s Lake in Des Moines. In the fourth year of the collaboration, the city’s Parks and Recreation Department, iHeartMedia and the United States Air Force have created a “Tribute Trail” of approximately 2,977 American flags.

"Each [flag] honors one victim lost at the 9/11 attacks," says Jen Fletcher of Des Moines’s Parks and Recreation. "It's a very stunning visual...It's a place that people can go and just have a moment to honor those people that were lost that day."

The Tribute Trail, which is situated on the west side of the lake, will remain through the weekend.