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Freedom Center (TSA)
The Freedom Center, formerly known as the Transportation Security Operations Center (TSOC), is the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) operation center. The building opened in July 2003 and is operational 24 hours a day and 7 days a week with agents actively responding to and investigating possible terrorist attacks. This operation center serves as the main building for running the entire agency. It is located in Herndon, Virginia across the street from Dulles International Airport. It also houses the Federal Air Marshal Service, Federal Aviation Administration, and Department of Defense. These agencies and departments work together to ensure the safety of American citizens. Objects displayed inside the main lobby include a steel girder from the World Trade Center, a fragment of the wing of United Airlines Flight 93 recovered from its crash site in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and pieces of the Pentagon's damaged concrete wall. The facility was renamed the "Freedom Cente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freedom Ceremony1
Freedom is the power or right to speak, act, and change as one wants without hindrance or restraint. Freedom is often associated with liberty and autonomy in the sense of "giving oneself one's own laws". In one definition, something is "free" if it can change and is not constrained in its present state. Physicists and chemists use the word in this sense. In its origin, the English word "freedom" relates etymologically to the word "friend". Philosophy and religion sometimes associate it with free will, as an alternative to determinism or predestination. In modern liberty nations, freedom is considered a right, especially freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of the press. Types In political discourse, political freedom is often associated with liberty and autonomy, and a distinction is made between countries that are free of dictatorships. In the area of civil rights, a strong distinction is made between freedom and slavery and there is conflict between people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
