Preferred Title:
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National World War II Memorial
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Image View:
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Pacific Front Panel, relief depicting Navy In Action
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Creator:
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Friedrich Saint Florian (American architect, born 1932)
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Location:
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creation: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Location Note:
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eastern end of the Reflecting Pool, the Mall
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Date:
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2001-2004 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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American
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Style Period:
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Twenty-first century
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Work Type 1:
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memorial
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Work Type 2:
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monument
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Work Type 3:
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fountain
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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granite; bronze
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Technique:
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casting (process); construction (assembling)
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Subjects:
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death or burial; military; war; World War, 1939-1945
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Description:
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"In 1996, a two-stage design competition was opened. Out of 400 preliminary designs entered, six were chosen to compete in the second stage which required review by a design jury. After careful review, the design by architect Friedrich St. Florian was chosen. St. Florian's design consisted of the Rainbow Pool (lowered and reduced in size by 15 percent) in a sunken plaza, surrounded in a circular pattern with 56 pillars (each 17-feet-high) which represent the unity of the U.S. states and territories during the war. Visitors would enter the sunken plaza on ramps which will pass by two giant arches (each 41-feet tall) that represent the two fronts of the war. Inside, there would be a Freedom Wall covered with 4,000 gold stars, each representing 100 Americans that died during World War II. A sculpture by Ray Kasky would be placed in the middle of the Rainbow Pool and two fountains would send water more than 30-feet into the air. The memorial consists of 56 pillars, each measuring 17 feet (5 m) tall, arranged in a
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Three
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Identifier:
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1A2-US-DC-WWM-2-F1
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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