World War II Memorial 3
by ELDavis Photography
Title
World War II Memorial 3
Artist
ELDavis Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
The World War II Memorial is a memorial of national significance which recognizes Americans who served, honors those who fell, and acknowledges the Allied victory that restored freedom and ended tyranny around the globe. It occupies space on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument.
Construction of the memorial began in September 2001 with the ground breaking. The completed memorial opened to the public on April 29, 2004, and was dedicated by President George W. Bush on May 29, 2004. The memorial is administered by the National Park Service. More than 5 million people visit the memorial annually.
The memorial consists of 56 granite pillars, each 17 feet tall, arranged in a semicircle around a plaza with two 43-foot triumphal arches on opposite sides. Two-thirds of the 7.4-acre site is landscaping and water. Each pillar is inscribed with the name of one of the 48 U.S. states (as of 1945), as well as the District of Columbia, the Alaska Territory, Territory of Hawaii, the Commonwealth of the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The northern arch is inscribed with "Atlantic", the southern one, "Pacific", representing the two major theaters of the war. The central plaza between the two arches is approximately 338 feet long, 240 feet wide, and contains a pool approximately 247 feet by 148 feet, with two fountains. The Freedom Wall is on the west side of the memorial, with a view of the Reflecting Pool and Lincoln Memorial behind it. The wall has 4,048 gold stars, each representing 100 Americans who died in the war. In front of the wall lies the message "Here we mark the price of freedom".
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October 18th, 2015
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