The War's End.......
by Allen Beatty
Title
The War's End.......
Artist
Allen Beatty
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
The U.S. National World War II Memorial is a national memorial dedicated to Americans who served in the armed forces and as civilians during World War II. Consisting of 56 pillars and a pair of small triumphal arches surrounding a plaza and fountain, it is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on the former site of the Rainbow Pool at the eastern end of the Reflecting Pool, between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument.
It opened to the public on April 29, 2004, and was dedicated by President George W. Bush on May 29, 2004, two days before Memorial Day.The memorial is administered by the National Park Service under its National Mall and Memorial Parks group. As of 2009, more than 4.4 million people visit the memorial each year.
The final design consists of 56 granite pillars, each 17 feet tall, arranged in a semicircle around a plaza with two 43-foot triumphal arches, crafted by Rock of Ages Corporation, 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 of 1945, as well as the District of Columbia, the Alaska Territory and 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." The plaza is 337 ft, 10 in long and 240 feet, 2 inches wide, is sunk 6 feet below grade, and contains a pool that is 246 feet 9 inches by 147 feet 8 inches.
There are several quotes inscribed on the walls of the Memorial. Here we see a quote from General Douglas MacArthur extolling the end of World War II.
This image has been Featured in the following FAA groups:
No Place Like Home,
Pin Me - Daily,
Arts Fantastic World,
Black and White Photography,
The Weekenders,
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April 6th, 2017
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Jenny Revitz Soper
CONGRATULATIONS! This remarkable piece has been FEATURED on the homepage of the FAA Artist Group No Place Like Home, 4/22/2017! Way to go! Please post it in the Group's Features discussion thread for posterity and/or any other thread that fits!
Allen Beatty replied:
Jenny, thank you very much for the Home page Feature in the No Place Like Home Group
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