World War II memorial

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We are going to tell you about the world War 2 memorial.

This monument It’s located on the 1750 independence avenue south west Washington,DC 20024 united states.

The World War II memorial began to be built in September 2001 and was finished in April 2004.

He is design by Fredrich St. Florian (he was the architect too).

The architect decides to build the monument in a granit structure.

Almost 17,000 individual stones make up the memorial. The stones found in the vertical pillars and pavilions are Kershaw Granite from South Carolina. The horizontal paving stones are Green County Granite from Georgia. The accent stones in the Memorial Plaza are Rio Verde and Moss Green from Brazil. All of the metal sculptural devices are bronze, with the exception of the stars, which are stainless steel with gold plating.

The monument is mainly grey and white. He consists of 56 granite pillars, each 5,2 meters , arranged in a semicircle around a plaza of 13 meters. Each pillar is inscribed with the name of one of the 48 U.S. states of 1945. The plaza is 102.97 meters long and 73.20 meters wide, is sunk 1.8 meters below grade, and contains a pool that is 75.2 to 45.0 meters.

In the monument there are 4048 stars. Each one representing 100 American military deaths.

In a corner of the monument is hidden two graffitis who say : who was kilroy. It was drawn by American troops in the Atlantic theater. Its origins most likely come from a British cartoon and the name of an American shipyard inspector. The myths surrounding it are numerous and often center on a German belief that Kilroy was some kind of superspy who could go anywhere he pleased.

This monument is a memorial to serve to pay tribute to the soldiers who died and during the second world war and to allow families to have a place for recollection. According to our opinion, this monument allows us to realize the large number of deaths, giving us a lesson for the future. The World War II memorial is a national significance dedicated to Americans who served and died in the armes forces and as civilians and all who supposed the war effort from home during the World War.

The most important facts about the subject of the monument are :

the 7 december 1941, 400 japanese planes attack the american base : Pearl harbor in hawai islands. Americans lose 18 ships and 200 planes and 2400 soldiers are killed.

The next day, the 8 december 1941 Following these events the usa go to war against the Japanese

and the 11 december 1941 germany and italy allied countries of japan declare war on the usa

The 6 june 1944 american’s soldiers participate in the landing to liberate Europe

august 1945 usa dropped bombs on hiroshima and nagaski

2 september 1945 Japan’s capitulation officially ends the war

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