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Welsh Development Agency - British Memorial Garden Trust Inc

The Directors of the British Memorial Garden Trust, Inc. are pleased to announce that the renowned North American Welsh Choir, Côr Cymry Gogledd America, will perform a free commemorative concert on Saturday, September 11, 2004 at 12:30 pm. During the concert an Honor Guard of 67 British police officers from the British organization Protect the Protectors will be in attendance; one police officer for each British victim of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. The British police officers will stand at attention along the site of the future Memorial railing the garden will feature.

The concert will be held in Hanover Square, Lower Manhattan, one of New York’s most historic squares and future home of a British garden commemorating the British victims of the World Trade Center attacks and celebrating the friendship and unity between the United States and the United Kingdom. The concert is part of the British Memorial Garden Trust’s ongoing free community outreach program, designed to bring cultural and educational activities to Lower Manhattan to help in its revitalization.

The new garden at Hanover Square will be built to a design by British landscape architects Julian and Isabel Bannerman with New York associate landscape architects, Matthews Nielsen. The garden will feature elements of British landscape architecture including topiaries, yew trees and boxwood hedges – a traditional garden with a contemporary twist. Stone from Scotland will form the paving, a water rill will feature Welsh slate and benches of Portland stone will be placed throughout the garden. The 67 British victims of the terrorist attacks will be memorialized in iron railing finials carved by British artist Simon Verity. The park will be anchored by a sculpture to Unity by British sculptor Anish Kapoor, the 1991 Turner Prize winner.