Saturday, August 4, 2007

The Real Blades of Glory

Detail, World War II Memorial, West Capitol Campus


The bronze blades that form this part of the memorial feature ghostlike images of servicemen, which are actually formed using the etched names of Washington State’s war casualties.






Source: Department of General Administration

5 comments:

Janet said...

Quite a fine tribute. This is a very different kind of memorial. I like it.

MumbaiiteAnu said...

Beautiful photo. Unique memorial.
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Lavenderlady said...

This is beautiful! I can't wait to see it. I've got to schedule another trip down south soon.

lv2scpbk said...

This is interesting.

Anonymous said...

Modern, beautifully simple.

I am very curious about this name "Olympia". Do you know something a history of this name?