MapSeeing.com » Memorials http://www.mapseeing.com Go Sightseeing via Maps Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:32:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Tomb of the Unknown Soldier http://www.mapseeing.com/2007/05/03/tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier/ http://www.mapseeing.com/2007/05/03/tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier/#comments Thu, 03 May 2007 19:48:58 +0000 admin http://www.mapseeing.com/2007/05/03/tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier/

The Tomb of the Unknowns is a monument in Arlington National Cemetary that is dedicated to American soldiers who have died but not been identified.  The Tomb has an inscription that says: “HERE RESTS IN HONORED GLORY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER KNOWN BUT TO GOD”.

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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. honors the soldiers killed and those unaccounted for during the Vietnam War.  The memorial actually consists of three parts: Memorial Wall (seen above), Three Soldiers statue and the Vietnam Women’s Memorial.

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The Holocaust Memorial on Miami Beach was dedicated on February 4, 1990 with Nobel laureate Elie Weisel as the guest speaker.  It is a 42-foot bronze arm that appears to be coming out of the ground.

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