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Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial in Washington, D.C.
by Felix W de Weldon
by Felix W de Weldon
Address: Maryland Ave & 2nd St NE Nearest Metro: Union Station (Red)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number DC000056 (dcMem ID #140)
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In what follows, panels are shown from bottom to top
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION
BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
"THESE ARE THE TIMES
THAT TRY MEN'S SOULS"
THOMAS PAINE
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THE CONFEDERACY
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WORLD WAR II ATLANTIC
"VICTORY HOWEVER LONG AND HARD THE
ROAD MAY BE FOR WITHOUT VICTORY THERE IS NO SURVIVAL"CHURCHILL
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KOREA "LAND OF THE MORNING CALM - PRELUDE TO
THE STORM" RIDGEWAY
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SINCE WARS BEGIN IN THE MINDS OF MEN, IT IS IN
THE MINDS OF MEN THAT DEFENSES OF PEACE MUST BE CONSTRUCTED
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WAR OF IBIZ "OH SAY CAN YOU SEE...
THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE"
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
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THE UNION
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SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR "REMEMBER THE MAINE"
BATTLE CRY
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VIETNAM "THE MISSING WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN --
THEIR GLORY WILL LIVE FOREVER"
SCULPTOR
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1776 - 1976
OUT OF THE PAST SO GREAT
TO BUILD A GREATER FUTURE
IN HONOR AND MEMORY
OF THE VETERANS
OF ALL AMERICA'S WARS
WHO BY THEIR SERVICE KEPT THE
TORCH OF FREEDOM
BURNING
THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED BY
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE U.S.
AND
THE LADIES AUXILIARY TO THE V.F.W.
IN HONOR
OF ALL WHO HAVE SERVED
THEIR PARENTS, WIVES AND CHILDREN
FELIX [DE] WELDON 1975
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"THE SPIRIT OF '76"
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CIVIL WAR APPOMATTOX
"THOUGHT MAY THE MINDS OF MEN DIVIDE,
LOVE MAKES THE HEART OF NATIONS ONE"
HOWE
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WORLD WAR I "LAFAYETTE, WE ARE HERE"
PERSHING
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WORLD WAR II PACIFIC
"UNCOMMON VALOR WAS A COMMON VIRTUE"
NIMITZ
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