BGuthrie Photos: VA -- Richmond -- Virginia's War Memorial

VA -- Richmond -- Virginia's War Memorial:

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Description of Subject Matter: The Virginia General Assembly authorized the construction of the Virginia War Memorial in 1950. Before the memorial planning was complete, the United States found itself again plunged into war. After the Korean War cease-fire was signed in 1953, plans were made to include the Korean War with World War II. Construction was completed in 1955 and the Memorial was dedicated February 29, 1956.
The Memorial consists of The Hall of Honor Auditorium, Visitors Center, and the Shrine of Memory. The latter has the names of Virginians who died as a result of hostile action in World War II and Korea engraved in its stone and glass walls. An addition was dedicated in 1981 to honor those killed in the Vietnam War, and in 1996 the names of those killed in the Persian Gulf were added. There are a total of 11,634 names: World War II 9,398, Korea 850, Vietnam 1,379; and the Persian Gulf 7. These names are arranged first by counties and cities and then alphabetically.
At the southern end of the Shrine is the statue Memory. Designed by Leo Friedlander and sculpted by Joseph Campo and William Kapp, the monument is carved from 100,000 pounds of white marble and stands 23 feet tall, reflects both the great sorrow and pride felt by Virginians for their fallen brothers and sisters.
At the base of Memory is the Torch of Liberty, an eternal flame representing patriotism that is everlasting. Congressional Medal of Honor recipients from Virginia, headed by General Alexander Vandergrift, U.S. Army, and the widows and mothers of deceased Congressional Medal of Honor recipients from Virginia lit this torch in February 1956.
Just outside the south end of the Shrine of Memory fly seven flags: Army, Marine, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force, Merchant Marines, and the Virginia War Memorial. In the center of this semi-circle of flags flies the POW/MIA flag in memory of those Prisoners of War and Missing in Action not yet recovered. To the north fly the national and state flags.
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2001 photos: Since 1984, I've lived in Silver Spring, Maryland. From 1981 to 2002, photos were taken using a Pentax ME Super camera. From 1989 to 2002, I was doing all pictures as prints (instead of slides which I had grown up on). In 1997, at the age of 40, my photo obsession began and I started taking thousands of photos per year. In September, 2002, I switched to digital cameras and the number of photos exploded. Trips this year: This was the year of 9/11 and many of the places that had been commonplace to visit beforehand suddenly became a pain in the neck or not available at all. I took a two-week trip right before 9/11 in New England and then took a one-week trip afterward to North Carolina. Image quality for my pictures is variable because these are scans of slides and/or prints at varying quality/resolutions. The Great Pandemic Digitizing Project: When I was first setting up my website in August, 2000, I had decided to digitize some of my favorite pre-digital slides and prints. The scans were fairly low resolution but they were good enough. With COVID forcing me to stay indoors, I decided to rescan ALL of my pre-digital images from multiple sources (slides, prints, and negatives) at a much higher resolution and quality setting. (I digitized Dad's slides at the same time). Instead of replacing my original scans, I added the new scans to existing pages, figuring I'd select the best ones later. As a result, multiple versions of images appear on most of these early pages. At some point, I'll take the time to do a final review and get rid of the duplicates.
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