On Patrol 1
by ELDavis Photography
Title
On Patrol 1
Artist
ELDavis Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
The Korean War Veterans Memorial is located in Washington, D.C.'s West Potomac Park, southeast of the Lincoln Memorial and just south of the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall. It commemorates those who served in the Korean War.
President George H. W. Bush conducted the groundbreaking for the Memorial on June 14, 1992. The memorial was dedicated on July 27, 1995, the 42nd anniversary of the armistice that ended the war, by President Bill Clinton and Kim Young Sam, President of the Republic of Korea, to the men and women who served during the conflict. Management of the memorial was turned over to the National Park Service. As with all National Park Service historic areas, the memorial was administratively listed on the National Register of Historic Places on the day of its dedication.
The main memorial is a triangle intersecting a circle. Along one side of the triangle is a 164-foot wall of 8-inch thick highly polished "Academy Black" granite from California. More than 2,500 archival images representing the land, sea and air troops who supported those who fought in the war are sandblasted onto the wall.
Within the walled triangle are 19 stainless steel statues designed by Frank Gaylord, each larger than life-size, between 7 feet 3 inches and 7 feet 6 inches tall; each weighing nearly 1,000 pounds. The figures represent a squad on patrol. They are dressed in full combat gear, dispersed among strips of granite and juniper bushes to represent the rugged terrain of Korea. When reflected on the wall, there appears to be 38 soldiers, representing the 38th parallel which divides North Korea from South Korea.
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October 18th, 2015
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