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var str = 'In the middle of Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis rises a majestic limestone monument which looks out over the city. The monument reaches a height of 284 feet and the plaza on which it resides occupies a diameter of 342 feet. A small elevator inside transports visitors to the top, where they have a gorgeous view of the city and of nearby Memorial Park. On the four corners of the base of the monument are carved figures that represent the four branches of military service from the time of the Civil War: sailor, infantry, scout, and cavalry. In addition groups of statues on the sides of the base represent war, peace, they dying soldier and the homefront and give poignancy to the memorial. The monument is topped by a bronze sculpture of the Greek goddess of war, Nike, who represents victory in the Civil War and also carries a torch akin to the image of Lady Liberty. ';
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Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Memorial Indianapolis
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var str = 'This poignant memorial in Indianapolis honors all those who perished in the attacks on September 11, 2001. Black granite monuments with time stamps provide a sequence of the events and a large granite wall that appears torn asunder represents the tearing of the fabric of society on that fateful day. Two steel girders from the collapsed Twin Towers stand upright in the center of the memorial and one is topped by an eagle.';
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var str = 'This national monument site at Pearl Harbor Honolulu Hawaii oversees and manages the US Navy ships that are part of the World War II historic site. This includes the USS Arizona Memorial, USS Oklahoma Memorial and the USS Utah Memorial. Both the Arizona and Utah ships still lie in the location they were moored and sunk on December 7, 1941. The National Park Service manages the Monument and runs the museum at the site of the attack on the US Pacific Fleet by the Japanese that ushered the US into World War II.';
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WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument Hawaii
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var str = 'This beautiful cemetery overlooks Omaha Beach which was the scene of the bloodiest fighting for the U.S. on June 6, 1944. The site was built and is maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission. The visitor’s center contains a wealth of displays and information about the fighting at Normandy and the units that participated. There is also a moving hallway – the Hall of Sacrifice -- where the names of those who are interred in the cemetery are read aloud as you walk through into a room that highlights personal stories of some of those who are buried here. The cemetery contains 9,387 burial sites including 34 pairs of brothers as well as several women who served with the Red Cross and the WACs. There are also 3 Medal of Honor Recipients interred here. Behind the memorial area is a wall inscribed with the names of 1,557 missing servicemen who have no known graves. The large memorial is comprised of an impressive semi-circular colonnade; inside are engravings of battle maps from the fighting in Normandy. At the end of the colonnades are large black ornamental urns. In the middle of the semi-circular is a spectacular 22 foot tall sculpture entitled The Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves, sculpted by Donald de Lue. In front of the memorial is a large rectangular reflecting pool flanked by flagpoles from which fly large U.S. flags. There is also a memorial chapel along the center walkway among the gravestones; the ceiling of the chapel contains a beautiful mosaic. On the far end of the cemetery are two granite statues that represent France and the U.S.';
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Normandy American WWII Cemetery and Memorial France
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var str = 'The American cemetery for Rome/Sicily is located in the town of Nettuno, which is east of Anzio and a short train ride from Rome. The site was chosen soon after the landings at Anzio and became a permanent cemetery in 1956. There are over 7,000 remains in the 77 acre site as well as a chapel inscribed with the names of 3,095 of the missing, whose remains were never recovered or identified. Most of those in the cemetery died prior to the liberation of Rome in 1944. For further information:
The American Battle Monuments Commission website provides background on the commission and downloadable brochures for all of the cemeteries on foreign soil: http://www.abmc.gov/Sicily-Rome
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This cemetery is laid out in neat arcing rows of headstones in a large green lawn and the headstones are uniform and simple. Each headstone is a simple white marble cross or Star of David and each headstone includes the name, rank, unit and date of death. For the unknown, the inscription reads “Here Rests In Honored Glory A Comrade In Arms Known But to God”. There are 23 sets of brothers buried side-by-side and two sets of twins. Seventeen women lie in this cemetery and two Medal of Honor recipients are buried here. The “Brothers-in-Arms” statue symbolizes an American soldier and sailor side-by-side. The sculpture on façade of museum is “Resurrection” with a dead soldier being taken to his heavenly reward by a guardian angel. The sculpture on façade of the chapel is a relief of “Remembrance” and pictures an angel bestowing a laurel wreath upon the graves of those who give their lives for the nation.
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var str = 'Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St Louis is one of the most beautiful national cemeteries outside of Arlington. The many, many rows of headstones and memorials sit overlooking the Mississippi River and the stately Jefferson Barracks Historic Site. There are many unique memorials and quite a few group burials as well. This cemetery includes a memorial to the women who served at sea as well as the former Vietnam War Unknown Soldier who had been buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington before DNA proved it was Lieutenant Michael Blassie. The cemetery also has a Medal of Honor recipient from the Indian Wars who fought on the Texas frontier, as well as 2 German and 4 Italian World War II POWs who died in the US and whose remains were not returned. And finally the American POWs who were held in Hiroshima Japan in 1945 are buried here as a group. The cemetery was founded in 1866 as the post cemetery and this frontier outpost became home to an eclectic mix of burials from throughout America’s wars since the Civil War. ';
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var str = 'This small park across from the Airborne and Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville, North Carolina is filled with granite memorials honoring those from Cumberland County, North Carolina who have served in America’s wars. ';
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var str = 'This memorial is composed of a large red/orange arrowhead with “USA” and “Canada” inscribed sitting on a dark gray base inscribed with the words “First Special Service Force” and then a lighter gray base listing the unit’s battle honors.';
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US-Canada First Special Service Force Ft Benning GA
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var str = 'At Sacrifice Field at Ft Benning, this simple black marble marker is emblazoned with the national P.O.W./M.I.A. insignia and states that this memorial honors all of the nation’s POW – MIA Past and Present.';
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var str = 'The small but beautiful Florence cemetery began as a burial site for the deceased Union P.O.W.s who had perished at the Florence prison stockade during the American Civil War. Two burial sites totaling more than 2700 remains had originally existed near each other and were condensed into this single site. The bodies were placed into 16 trenches which were originally marked with simple wooden markers stating “Unknown.” In 1955 these were replaced with just marble headstones at the end of each of the trenches indicating the burial sites of unknown soldiers. The cemetery also contains the burial site of a Medal of Honor recipient and the unusual story of Florena Budwin who dressed as a Union soldier in an attempt to find her husband but was captured and imprisoned at Florence before she died.';
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