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Do you like the World War II memorial?

Poll Results: Do you like the new World War II memorial?

 
  • 33% (8)
    Yes! I think it's wonderful!
  • 33% (8)
    Yeah, I like it pretty good.
  • 29% (7)
    Meh. It could be much better
  • 4% (1)
    No! I hate it.
24 Total Votes  
post #1 of 20
5/30/04 at 11:30am
Thread Starter 
So how about it? Judging from the pictures I've seen, I think it's pretty nice.
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post #2 of 20
5/30/04 at 2:27pm
Pretty good. Hard to tell from a picture on a screen, though. A criticism I've heard of it that kind of caught my attention was that there is no single big, epic part to it that inspires. That it's just a collection of small "moments" that fails to inspire like Lincoln, Washington ,etc....

I do like the arches signifying the Atlantic and Pacific theaters, though. Kind of a drab feeling from the field of gold stars.
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post #3 of 20
5/30/04 at 7:06pm
Thread Starter 
Well, I think it's pretty big news. It's a project that's been in the works for more than 15 years and it's finally done. Also, considering that there's already a Korean and a Vietnam memorial, I think it's significant that WWII finally has one.

If you're so cynical that you can't even form an opinion about something like this than that's pretty sad.
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post #4 of 20
5/30/04 at 8:35pm
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Originally posted by Werbal_Kint
If you're so cynical that you can't even form an opinion about something like this than that's pretty sad.
Yes.

Also, I think the memorial is good.
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post #5 of 20
5/31/04 at 3:26am
I think that, from what I have seen, this memorial doesn't do justice to the enormity of the conflict and the sacrifice of the population. Not up to the standard of the Vietnam Memorial or ever the Korean War Memorial.
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post #6 of 20
5/31/04 at 3:33am
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Originally posted by Otik
Yeah. The WW2 memorial doesn't do justice to the men that gave their lives.
Which, it should be remembered, was over 400,000, or roughly 7 times the number of dead in Vietnam.
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post #7 of 20
5/31/04 at 3:41am
Exactly. This is one of the only wars in American history that everyone, or virtually everyone, agrees should have been fought. Thats part of what I meant when I said the enormity of the war, because it wasn't just a war, it was a massive social event that defines a generation and even a mindset that we look back at today admiringly.
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post #8 of 20
5/31/04 at 12:08pm
Thread Starter 
I think a large statue of some sort in the middle of the reflecting pool would have helped to improve the structure. Maybe a large statue of an eagle or a soldier or something.

But as it stands it just feels very flat and not that awe-inspiring. You have to make people look UP to feel small.
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post #9 of 20
5/31/04 at 3:06pm
That was some unreal ownership, courtesy of Eskimo. I usually hate Eskimo, but that was well-played.
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post #10 of 20
5/31/04 at 9:46pm
I'm planning a trip to DC in August, and I want to see this, although, for some reason, my favorite DC memorial is the Roosevelt memorial that you can walk through. I love that one.

Also, let me chime in to further applaud the extreme ownership by Eskimo. Top call, man.
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post #11 of 20
5/31/04 at 11:37pm
I was at the dedication ceremony on Saturday and actually spent some time at the Memorial itself on Sunday morning. It's fantastic.
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post #12 of 20
5/31/04 at 11:41pm
Thread Starter 
I was hoping it'd be more impressive in person. Good to hear, Carl.
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post #13 of 20
6/1/04 at 12:02am
Here are a couple of photos from our trip. I'll have a full report and more pics in another thread on the boards in a day or so. We took my wife's 82-year old grandfather for the dedication. He's a veteran of both Saipan and Iwo Jima (and earned a Purple Heart due to wounds sustained at the latter). It was a special time:







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post #14 of 20
6/1/04 at 12:11am
Thread Starter 
I have to say it looks pretty nice with the Washington Monument in the background.
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post #15 of 20
6/1/04 at 12:54am
Seeing those people in comparison to the monument makes its size pretty impressive.
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post #16 of 20
6/1/04 at 7:15pm
Carl, you were in DC? Drat.

I've yet to go down and see said memorial, however, I plan to at some point this weekend. It'll be wierd, because its been fenced in for about 3 years, and now it won't be!

My favorite memorial is the Albert Einstein statue. Don't tell anyone about it.
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post #17 of 20
6/1/04 at 8:34pm
Nice pics, Carl. That's cool that you were able to attend the dedication. It had to be a pretty moving experience for you.

I watched a special about the Memorial over the weekend. They did an indepth interview with the architect where he explained his choices about every aspect of the layout, and how certain symbols were used. I think it's pretty terrific. I'd love to check it out sometime.
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post #18 of 20
6/2/04 at 10:56am
It's pretty nice, although I think the fountain may be a tad inappropriate for a memorial.
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post #19 of 20
6/2/04 at 2:41pm
carl cunningham, what were your wife's grandfathers feelings about the memorial? it would be interesting to hear a real vet's perspective on it
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post #20 of 20
6/2/04 at 8:53pm
I'm glad to hear that the Memorial is better in person, and those pictures certainly make it look a lot grander than I had thought based on other pictures without people in them.

And, though this comment comes a little late, that owning of Whitey was the most awesome owning I have yet seen on these message boards.
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