Hailed as the largest office building in the world, and home to the men and women that control the military, the Pentagon is a national symbol. Its rich history includes its construction, renovation and the September 11th attack.
During 1941 and World War II, the United States deemed it necessary to build a new building to house all of its defense offices. The project order came from Franklin Roosevelt and within three days, the plans were drawn up and approved by Congress. Remarkably, only 2 days after that, the thirty-five million dollar project was started, September 11th, 1941. Within six months fifteen thousand workers, near the Potomac River, erected the first section of the Pentagon. Today the Pentagon is a
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