The Pentagon was designed in 1941 to consolidate the US War Department’s 24,000 employees in 17 buildings. The architects designed a pentagonal plan that would fit a five-sided parcel of land near Arlington National Cemetery. The building was completed in 1943 and is still the largest low-rise office building in the world. On September 11, […]
The Pentagon, headquarters of the US Department of Defense, was attacked by terrorists on September 11, 2001. American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the building, killing 125 people. The Pentagon Memorial, costing $22 million, was unveiled seven years later, featuring 184 benches with names of the victims, organized by age and date of birth. The […]
The Pentagon, home to the US Department of Defense, is located in Arlington, Virginia, not Washington, DC. It has no street address but four zip codes, was built between 1941 and 1943, and has 131 stairways, 4,200 clocks, and 691 drinking fountains. Over 200,000 phone calls are made from it daily. Many people believe the […]
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the US Department of Defense, housing 23,000 employees. Its unique pentagonal shape allows for efficient access to most points within 10 minutes. It was built in 1941 to solve limited space for the Department of Defense. The building has 284 bathrooms, 16,250 light fixtures, and 7,754 windows. In 2001, […]
The Pentagon Papers were a 7,000-page document commissioned by US Secretary of State Robert McNamara in 1968, analyzing US involvement in Southeast Asian nations. When leaked to the New York Times in 1971, it marked a major shift in American opinion about US involvement in Southeast Asia. The case ended up in the Supreme Court, […]
The US Department of Defense failed to comply with the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 until December 2018, and failed its first audit. The audit did not result in a pass or fail, but highlighted accounting gaps and errors. It may take years for the Pentagon to close these gaps and pass an audit. […]
