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

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

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. WARMEM_060503_009.JPG: Note that the date of the Korean War conflict was adjusted from "1966 - 72" to "1955 - 75".
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.
Two rose beds are on the Memorial grounds. Next to the Visitors Center is a large bed of brilliant crimson rose bushes named Veterans Honor Rose which bloom all summer. Each day a bud is placed at the base of the statue, Memory. Along the front retaining wall there is a bed of lilac long stem roses named the World War II Memorial Rose.
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