The CIA’s website offers a history of CIA HQ’s Memorial Wall.
Just inside the main entrance of CIA
Headquarters in Langley, Virginia is a white marble wall with a field of stars
etched into the cold, hard stone. It is the most sacred space on the Agency’s
compound.
Each star memorializes a life lost in the line
of duty, a sacrifice on behalf of our nation.
The inscription above the constellation reads,
“In honor of those members of the Central Intelligence Agency who gave their
lives in the service of their country.”
The Memorial Wall was created fifty years ago,
in 1974, when 31 stars were chiseled into the marble.
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