National WWII Memorial

My first time to see the WWII memorial designed to "honor the 16 million who served in the armed forces of the U.S., the more than 400,000 who died, and all who supported the war effort from home".

Each state is represented by a granite pillar with a metal wreath. There are two pavilions comprised of these pillars - one is titled Atlantic, one Pacific.

 

 

Bronze plaque in floor of Pacific pavilion

Looking up at Baldacchino sculpture in Pacific pavilion

 The Atlantic pavilion

 

Field of stars - each represent 100 servicepersons killed. 

I liked how this shot turned out with the Washington monument & American flag by the Alaska pillar

Last photo: my mama standing by her homestate pillar

Sarasota part 2

We saw this painted aluminum statue yesterday while driving around Sarasota but it was raining and there was too much traffic at the time to pull over in an area where I don't know the streets. So with the sun shining today we set out to find it again. Turns out it's not hard to find a 26 foot sculpture.

After looking it up online (to find out how tall it is) I discovered the donation was controversial. Interesting. Apparently some questioned if it was even art.

I've always been interested in WWII-era things (music, clothing) and can see why they are called The Greatest Generation.