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Monuments in Washington, D.C. *

название:

Вечный огонь

Eternal fire

Военно-морской монумент

Naval monument

Второй дивизии

To the Second Division

история:
It was originally constructed to memorialize the US Army Second Division's dead from World War I. Since its construction, two additions have been made to honor the dead of World War II and the Korean conflict.
место:
Washington, D.C.
место:
Constitution Ave. & 17th St. NW
композиция:
The flaming sword is a symbolic impediment to the German advance on Paris.
оформление:
Memorial.
время работы:
Open 24 hours a day.
Admission is free.
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Holodomor Memorial

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Женщины во Вьетнамской войне

Women during war in Vietnam

история:
It is the first memorial placed in the nation's capital honoring women's military service.
This monument is the culmination of a ten year grass roots effort honoring the 265.500 American women who served around the world during the Vietnam war.
It was unveiled on Veterans Day, November 11, 1993.
место:
Washington, D.C.
место:
On the grounds of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Constitution Gardens at Constitution Ave. & 23rd St. NW
композиция:
This emotional sculpture depicts three women, one caring for a soldier.
оформление:
Memorial.
Glenna Goodacre.
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Жертвам Вьетнамской войны

To victims of war in Vietnam

история:
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc., a nonprofit charitable organization formed to establish the memorial, was the idea of Jan Scruggs, a former infantry corporal during the war. It was incorporated on April 27, 1979, by a group of Vietnam veterans in Washington, D.C. The founders wanted Vietnam veterans to have a tangible symbol of recognition from American society. They early on realized that whatever design would ultimately result, four basic criteria had to be met: (1) that it be reflective and comtemplative in character, (2) that it harmonize with its surroundings, especially the neighboring national memorials, (3) that it would contain the names of all who died or remain missing, and (4) that it make no political statement about the war. By separating the issue of those who served in Vietnam from that of U.S. policy in the war, the group hoped to begin a process of national reconcilliation.

Maya Ying Linn conceived her design as creating a park within a park -- a quiet protected place unto itself, yet harmonious with the site. To achieve this effect she chose polished black granite for the walls. Its mirrorlike surface reflects the surrounding trees, lawns, monuments, and the people looking for names. The memorial's walls point to the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. The 58,191 names are inscribed in chronological order of the date of the casualty, showing the war as a series of individual human sacrifices and giving each name a special place in history. "The names would become the memorial," Lin said. The names begin at the vertex of the walls below the date of the first casualty and continue to the end of the east wall. They resume at the tip of the west wall, ending at the vertex, above the date of the last death. With the meeting of the beginning and the ending, a major epoch in American history is denoted. Each name is preceded on the west wall or followed on the east wall by one of two symbols: a diamond or a cross. The diamond denotes that the individual's death was confirmed. The approximately 1,150 persons whose names are designated by the cross were either missing or prisoners at the end of the war and remain missing and unaccounted for. If a person returns alive, a circle, as a symbol of life, will be inscribed around the cross. In the event an individual's remains are returned or is otherwise accounted for, the diamond will be superimposed over the cross.

Sculptor Frederick Hart's goal was to create a moving evocation of the experience and service of the Vietnam veteran. He has described it as follows: "They wear the uniform and carry the equipment of war; they are young. The contrast between the innocence and of their youth and the weapons of war underscores the poignancy of their sacrifice. There is about them the physical contact and sense of unity that bespeaks the bonds of love and sacrifice that is the natures of men at war.... Their strength and their vulnerability are both evident." The flag flies from a 60-foot staff. The base contains the emblems of the five services. The sculpture and flag form an entrance plaza. The completed memorial has achieved what Lin and Hart hoped that it would and more. Rubbings are taken of the names by loved ones. Every day family members and friends leave momentos, and tokens of remembrance at the memorial making them as much of a legacy of the Vietnam years as the memorial itself.

On July 1, 1980, Congress authorized a site in Constitution Gardens near the Lincoln Memorial for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial thereby providing the prominent, large parklike setting that the organizers had hoped to find. That fall it was announced that the memorial's design would be selected through a national competition open to any U.S. citizen 18 years of age or older. The 1,421 design entries submitted were judged anonymously by a jury of eight internationally recognized artists and designers. On May 1, 1981, the jury presented its unanimous selection for first prize. The winning design was the work of Maya Ying Lin of Athens, Ohio, who at the time was a 21-year-old student at Yale University. The following January it was determined that a flagstaff and figurative sculpture depicting fighting men in Vietnam would be added to the memorial site. Washington sculptor Frederick Hart was selected to design the sculpture of the servicemen. On March 11, 1982, the memorial's design and plans received final approval, and ground was formally broken on March 26. Construction of the walls was completed in late October and the memorial was dedicated November 13, 1982. The life-size sculpture was installed in the fall of 1984. On November 11 of that year, the President accepted the completed memorial on behalf of the Nation. The $7,000,000 cost of establishing the memorial was raised entirely through contributions from corporations, foundations, unions, veterans, civic organizations, and more than 275,000 individual Americans.
место:
Washington, D.C.
место:
Constitution Gardens at Constitution Ave. & 23rd St. NW
адрес:
Superintendent, National Capital Parks - Central, 900 Ohio Drive, SW, Washington, DC 20242
оформление:
Мемориальная стена.
The walls are 246.75 feet long and the angle at the vertex is 125 degrees 12 minutes. There are 140 pilings with the average depth to bedrock being 35 feet. The height of the walls at the vertex is 10.1 feet. The granite comes from Bangalore, India; it was cut and fabricated at Barre, Vermont. The names were grit-blasted in Memphis, Tennessee, with the height of the individual letters being 0.53 inch and the depth, 0.038 inch.
телефон:
202.634.1568
время работы:
Open 24 hours a day
Staffed 8:00 AM - Midnight except December 25
Admission is free.
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Жертвам коммунизма

To the victims of communism

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история:
По данным Фонда памяти жертв коммунизма от рук коммунистических режимов в XX веке погибли более 100 миллионов человек.
Оценка общего числа жертв коммунистических режимов в Чёрной книге коммунизма:
Советский Союз — 20 миллионов жизней
Китай — 65 миллионов
Вьетнам — 1 миллион
Корея — 2 миллиона
Камбоджа — 2 миллиона
Восточная Европа — 1 миллион
Латинская Америка — 150 тысяч
Африка — 1 миллион 700 тысяч
Афганистан — 1 миллион 500 тысяч
надпись:
To the more than
one hundred million
victims of communism
and to those who ...

Memorial ... victims of communism
оформление:
2007.

Корейской войне

To the Korean war

история:
On October 28, 1986, Congress authorized the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish this memorial.
Ground was broken in November 1993.
On July 27, 1995, the 42nd anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War, the memorial was dedicated by President William J. Clinton and Kim Young Sam, President of the Republic of Korea.
The memorial is staffed from 8 a.m. to midnight every day of the year except December 25 by park rangers who are available to answer questions and give talks.
место:
Washington, D.C.
место:
South of the Lincoln Memorial
адрес:
Superintendent, National Capital Parks-Central, 900 Ohio Drive, SW, Washington, DC 20024-2000
композиция:
It depicts a squad on patrol.
оформление:
Memorial.
The group of 19 stainless-steel statues.
Statues are created by Frank Gaylord.
Louis Nelson created the mural of etched faces on the wall.
A granite curb on the north side of the statues lists the 22 countries of the United Nations that sent troops or gave medical support in defense of South Korea. On the south side is a black granite wall. Its polished surface mirrors the statues, intermingling the reflected images with the faces etched into the granite.
время работы:
Open 24 hours a day.
Staffed 8:00 AM - Midnight except December 25.
Admission is free.
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Монумент мира

Peace monument

Невольникам

To the freedmen

место:
Lincoln Park, Massachusetts Ave. between 11th & 13th Streets NE
оформление:
Memorial.

Неизвестному солдату

To unknown soldier

Liberation of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg

Офицерам

To the National Law Enforcement Officers

место:
605 E St. NW202.737.3400
оформление:
Memorial.

Свобода

Freedom »

место:
Посольство Франции
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название:
Статуя Свободы в Вашингтоне 1:00

Скаутам

To the boy scouts

место:
East of the Ellipse near 15th St. NW
оформление:
Memorial.

персона:

person:

Вашингтон Дж.

George Washington

Mahatma Gandhi Memorial

Eleftherios Venizelos

Гарфилд Дж.А.

James A. Garfield »

Грант У.С.

Ulysses S. Grant »

Dr. Philip Jaisohn, 1864 - 1951

Джефферсон Т.

Thomas Jefferson

Samuel Francis Du Pont

Линкольн А.

Abraham Lincoln

Tomas G. Masaryk Memorial

Пушкин А.С.

Alexander S. Pushkin

Рузвельт Ф.Д.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt »

Сахаров А.Д.

Andrew D. Sakharov »

Сковорода Г.С.

Gregory S. Skovoroda »

Шевченко Т.Г.

Taras G. Shevchenko »

история:
This monument was unveiled on June 27, 1964 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Уменьшенная копия статуи установлена в Виннипег.
надпись:
Taras
Shevchenko
1814 - 1861
Bard of Ukraine
(Inscription on south face of the Shevchenko statue base)

Dedicated to
the Liberation, Freedom and
Independence of all Captive Nations

This monument of Taras Shevchenko, 19th
century Ukrainian poet and fighter for
the independence of Ukraine and the freedom
of all mankind, who under foreign Russian
imperialist tyranny and colonial rule
appealed for “The New and Righteous Law of
Washington,” was unveiled on June 27, 1964.
This historic event commemorated the
150th anniversary of Shevchenko’s birth.
The memorial was authorized by the 86th
Congress of the United States of America
on August 31, 1960, and signed into Public
Law 86-749 by Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th
President of the United States of America
on September 13, 1960. The statue was erected
by Americans of Ukrainian ancestry and friends.
(Inscription on north face of statue base)

...Our soul shall never perish. Freedom knows no dying.
And the greedy cannot harvest
fields where seas are lying:

Cannot bind the living Spirit
nor the living Word.
Cannot smirch the sacred glory
of The Almighty Lord.
Taras Shevchenko , 1845.
(Inscription on reverse face of the relief sculpture of Prometheus)
(Translation of text in Ukrainian language)
“When will Ukraine have its Washington with fair and just laws? Someday we will!”
Leo Mol - sculptor.
Radoslav Zuk - architect.
Bedi-Rassy Art. Fdry. NY.
оформление:
Sculptor Leo Mol.
Architect Radoslav Zuk.
1964.
24 ft. high, bronze-granite monument, weighing 45 tons.
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Philip H. Sheridan

Эйнштейн А.

Albert Einstein »

Robert Emmet

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место:
перед зданием Капитолия
композиция:
Конная статуя.
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композиция:
Конная статуя.
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место:

Арлингтонское мемориальное кладбище

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тема:

Вашингтон

Washington, D.C.

памятник

monument