quote:Originally posted by Rob Kamphausen: the soon-to-be-completed WWII monument will be just a buncha small monuments, but its a invaluable memorial veterans of that war.
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quote:Few oppose the idea of a monument in honor of those Americans who fought and died in that last great struggle of liberty over totalitarianism, but the planned memorial does little to honor our fallen citizens.
Rather than being a true memorial to American veterans and casualties of the war, the proposed structure looks more like a monument to the war itself. This idea runs counter to everything the veterans of World War II fought for.
The design, by architect Friedrich St. Florian, consists of a sunken plaza, containing a scaled-down version of the current rainbow reflecting pool, with two fountains. Fifty-six plain stone pillars bearing bronze wreaths line the area, as well as two four-story triumphal arches with four large bronze eagles. Los Angeles Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff has compared the design to something Adolph Hitler might have commissioned back in the ยน30s.
sorry for the threadcrap but rob mentioning the WWII memorial made me recall that quite a few veterans groups were OPPOSED to that monstrosity that is currently being built to supposedly honor them.
