Memorial Rises to New Heights ; Sleek Spires a Salute to Air Force
The Washington Times › October 15, 2006
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In the nearly 2 1/2 decades since the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was unveiled on the Mall, the architecture of commemoration has become predictable and stale. Maya Lin's black wall, still resonant in its simplicity, has inspired many uninspired variations, as has the statuary added beside its stark planes.
A single symbol is no longer enough to remind us of the dead. We expect plazas, pavilions, sculptures, fountains, gift shops - much like a theme park, as evidenced by the overblown memorials to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and World War II.See the full content of this document
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Memorial Rises to New Heights ; Sleek Spires a Salute to Air Force
The United States Air Force Memorial, which is being dedicated today, is more of the same. It has black stone walls engraved with quotations and names, and it has
politically correct statues. It has parking spaces, public restrooms and places to make a donation.However, it also rises above all that with a powerful symbol. Three gracefull...See the full content of this document
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