World War I Memorial Winning Design Announced For DC
The following is a release from Lisa Ferdinando and the U.S. Army:
The United States World War I Centennial Commission announced Tuesday the winning design concept for a new national memorial.
The service and sacrifice of those who served in World War I a century ago finally will be honored in a memorial in the nation’s capital, said Edwin Fountain, the commission’s vice chairman. Fountain, the grandson of two World War I veterans, announced the winning design concept at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. Wednesday.
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The winning concept is “The Weight of Sacrifice” by 25-year-old Joe Weishaar, a yet-to-be licensed architect, and veteran sculptor Sabin Howard.
The design met the challenges of creating a concept for such an important memorial, Fountain said. Those challenges, he explained, included finding an appropriate way to honor the magnitude of the service and sacrifice of the nearly 5 million Americans who served and the more than 116,000 who died.
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The design concept had to work into the surrounding landscape, Fountain said. It had to complement the iconic architecture and design of historic Washington, and serve as a …Read the Rest
Source:: Tactical Life
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