Memorials

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Example . Washington DC: Vietnam Veteran's Memorial - The Three Soldiers Statue in honoring the soldiers of the Vietnam war. Three soldiers wearing the their war suit holding their weapons.



The Distinct of Columbia Memorial was made for the 26,000 citizens who served in the World War I. The Memorial is like a small hut or shack that is covered from above by a half spherical shape and has bars that hold the semi-sphere to the memorial itself, it is white from the inside and the outside. The Memorial was dedicated in 1931 on the day that the war was officially ended, It was dedicated for the local citizens. it is placed in the National Mall next to the WWII Memorial. 499 people's names who lost their life in the World War I lie on the base of the memorial.

Posted By: Lovely-3ish *Aisha Alchaar*



--Taj Mahal--- Taj Mahal is one of the world’s most beautiful and beloved structures, Taj Mahal is regarded as one of the eight wonders of the world, The monument was built in Agra, India, for Mumtaz Mahal,The favorite wife of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan,Befitting the most beautiful symbol of love,The Taj Mahal is the gateway to this great monument. Taj Mahal looks like a miniature on the landscape from a distance, but appears to grow as you start to approach it. But, the minute you would enter the open square before the main entrance, you will be surprised to find the Taj Mahal disappear from your sight. Actually, the Taj is hidden by a massive red sandstone gateway within this square.

Posted by : Manar Al-Shahrani :)

EMS is one of the most important memorial in New Yourk. If you ask why it was nemed like that? and why was it built? your answer will this EMS stands or Emergency Medical Services means branch of Emergency services dedicated to providing out-of-hospital acute medical care. the workers there sometime dies in their way maybe because of the wether or anything else. the reasson of building it is to make people remember the people who dies in their way to help others. Nowadays alot of people come to New Yourk to see this beautiful memorial.

posted by : fatimah al-Nasser

THE WOMEN OF WORLD WAR 2

Women of World War II is a British war memorial, Location: in London, United Kingdom. This sculpture is done by John W. Mills. The memorial's shape is rectangle stands 22 feet high, 16 feet long and 6 feet wide. The Color is gray & whats written is gold. The lettering on the sides replicates the typeface used on war time There is 17 sets of clothes & uniforms around the sides, which means the hundreds of different jobs women took or undertook in War 2 and take them back to home at the end of the war.

Posted by: Noura Al-Mulhim.



the Kentucky Vietnam veterans memorial is made by the architect Helm Roberts in Frankfort Kentucky. a tall stainless steel pointer cast engraved with 1103 names

posted by : Nadeen Nasser



= vitinam veterans memorial =

= this memorial to the men and woman who died in the vietnam war. = = there are 58.000 americans who lost thier lives in the jungle was of vietnam are etched in the wall in memory of them. = =** //posted by: sara al.maghlouth// **= =

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 USA, Virginia, Arlington, THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE MEMORIAL sacrifices of the men and women of the United States Air Force and its predecessor organizations, including… the Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps; the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps; the Division of Military Aeronautics , Secretary of War; the Army Air Service; the U.S. Army Air Corps; and the U.S. Army Air Forces. More than 54,000 airmen have died in combat **>>>>>>>>>>** (( THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE Memorial ))<<<<<<<<< _
 * The** Australian War Memorial **is [|Australia]'s national [|memorial] to the members of all its [|armed forces] and supporting organisations who have died or participated in the wars of the [|Commonwealth of Australia]. The memorial includes an extensive national [|military] museum. The Australian War Memorial was opened in 1941, and is widely regarded as one of the most significant memorials of its type in the world.**

  ** Australian War Memorial : ** is australia's national memorial to the members of all its armed forces and supporting organisations who have died or participated in the wars of the commonwealth of australia. The memorial includes an extensive national mimitary museum. The Australian War Memorial was opened in 1941, and is widely regarded as one of the most significant memorials of its type in the world. posted by:Noura Alkatheer _ <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: left;">- The Lincoln Memorial
 * ~ Australian War Memorial ||
 * = [|Australia] ||
 * = [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/AWM_canberra_1.jpg/300px-AWM_canberra_1.jpg width="300" height="178" caption="AWM canberra 1.jpg" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AWM_canberra_1.jpg"]] ||
 * For Australian military dead of all wars ||
 * ~ Unveiled || 1941, and in stages since then ||
 * ~ Location || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Erioll_world.svg/18px-Erioll_world.svg.png width="18" height="18"]][|35°16′49.76″S 149°8′56.56″E][|﻿ /][|35.2804889°S 149.1490444°E][|﻿ / -35.2804889; 149.1490444] near [|Canberra], [|ACT] ||
 * ~ Designed by || [|Emil Sodersten] and [|John Crust] ||

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="background: whitesmoke; direction: ltr; line-height: normal; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit,serif; font-size: 14pt;">One of the important statues in the US is The Lincoln Memorial they honored Abraham Lincoln 16th president, He had become a dramatic setting for many important political events. <span style="background: whitesmoke; direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit,serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="background: whitesmoke; direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">//<span style="color: #7d7d7d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Lincoln Memorial // <span style="background: whitesmoke; direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">//<span style="color: #7d7d7d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Photo © Allan Baxter / Getty Images //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit,serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="background: white; direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Lincoln Memorial **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit,serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="background: white; direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Location: **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Washington, DC
 * Built:** 1914-1922
 * Architect:** Henry Bacon

<span style="background: white; direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Learn About the Lincoln Memorial ** <span style="background: white; direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Many years went into planning a memorial for America's 16 president, Abraham Lincoln. An early proposal called for a statue of Lincoln surrounded by statues of 37 people, six on horseback. This idea was ruled out as too costly, so a variety of other plans were considered. <span style="background: white; direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit,serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit,serif; font-size: 14pt;">

<span style="border-bottom: solid #aaaaaa 1.5pt; border: none; display: block; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 2.0pt 0cm;"> <span style="border: none; direction: ltr; line-height: 23.6pt; margin-bottom: 7.2pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #aaaaaa 1.5pt; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 2.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 22pt;">The Memorial today <span style="background: #f9f9f9; direction: ltr; line-height: 23.6pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;"> <span style="color: #0645ad; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="background: #f9f9f9; direction: ltr; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="direction: ltr; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Today, over 3.6 million people visit the memorial annually. In 2007, the Memorial was ranked seventh in the //<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> [|List of America's Favorite Architecture] //<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> by the [|American Institute of Architects]. [|[16]] The Memorial is open to the public 24 hours a day and is free to visit.

<span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: left;"> AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS ENSHRINED FOREVER ||
 * <span style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">IN THIS TEMPLE
 * Epitaph above //<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|Abraham Lincoln] // ||

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