War Memorials Around the World
As we honor our men and women in uniform this Memorial Day, I'd like to share some very moving War Memorials from around the world that pay tribute to those who have given their all for their country over the years. If you know of others not listed, please feel free to share them with us.
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Those that these memorials represent deserve our utmost respect and honor. Please let that be reflected in our comments, and within the CoC.
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I've seen a lot of these that are here in the US, but not as many as I would like. They are truly magnificent and beautiful!
The war memorial in Indianapolis is quite impressive-- it is, I think, in the center of Monument Circle, in downtown Indianapolis, at what is the geographical center of the state. It also marks the basis for their township and range geographical mapping of the whole state.
Thank you to all who have served our country.
Australian War Memorial, Canberra Australia. On each side under cover is a walkway with the names of every Australian soldier killed in wars.
This is a photo of the wall with names.
Guam War Memorial.
Native American War Memorial, with Honor Staff.
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Beautiful tributes to the honor of those who have served and sacrificed for their country.
Thanks for sharing this with us
This one is in Wisconsin RW..Entitled ''The High Ground''.
This is a monument in Australia dedicated to the U.S. Military. It resembles the Washington Monument, but atop sit's an Eagle. This monument dedicated to American Service men and women was paid for by private funds from the Australian citizens.
This is the plaque at the bottom of the monument.
I used to work for a very large engineering company, whose Indianapolis office was on Monument Square. This shot is facing north, and the building I used to work in, on occasion, is the on the far right, the dark, blue-gray building. It is a sort of arc building, built on a curve. Very weird to be in... Now, it could have been that Monument Circle has the statue of the Civil War Memorial, too-- I always get lost in downtown Indianapolis.
The layout of the city boggles my mind. I'm not used to the township and range concept-- we're more like higgly piggly here in KY. There are few straight roads in KY, because of the topography. For example: North Street. One would think that you could travel north, on North Street. Wrong!!! You can only go east or west on North Street. It was named North Street because it is 1 mile north of Monument Circle. So, there is East North Street, and West North Street. Then, there is Northwest Street, 1 mile nw of the circle. One can travel on it, either northeast or southwest. So, there is Northeast Northwest Street, and Southwest Northwest Street. I lose my mind up there...
These are fabulous pictures, Kavika. We don't have a whole lot of fancy memorials here in KY, and I wish we did.
I just looked up a bunch, for Louisville, and KY, and, while it seems that every little city has something, it's not much.
Good thing!
Lexington, KY is the same way. UGH! I can't find my way anywhere, over there...
Beautiful!!!
I note that of the 17 memorials shown, 10 of them are in the USA. I am adding two with which I have an irrelevant attachment. They were both designed by famous Canadian sculptor and designer Walter Seymour Allward. The first house I bought in Toronto was a home that Allward had designed for himself and lived in for many years. It was a Mediterranean style home set back from the street with a sideways sloping roof line, outer walls three bricks thick, a 2 storey living room overlooked by a balcony and although it had been built just after the turn of the last century it had central forced air heat to which I added air conditioning.
This is the World War I memorial at Vimy Ridge, France. The design was chosen by means of a contest.
This one is the South African (Boer) War Memorial located on University Avenue in Toronto. Just to the East of it is Osgoode Hall, location of the Ontario Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, as well as the law school which I had attended (so I saw that statue many times) and to the West of it, just a little North, is the American Consulate. The angel at the top is holding aloft a golden crown.
RW, Hawaii, in addition to the Memorial to the Arizona, there are more. ''The Punchbowl'' is a national military cemetery. When youwalk into it, you know you are on very hallowed ground.
There is another that isn't as well know, but it is a memorial to all the submarines lost in the Pacific in WWII. There is a monument with a plaque on it, naming the Submarine, crew and how it was lost. It also, is very hallowed ground. 52 of them.