{"id":37060,"date":"2013-08-12T14:07:18","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T18:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=37060"},"modified":"2013-08-12T14:07:18","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T18:07:18","slug":"disabled-vet-memorial-in-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=37060","title":{"rendered":"Disabled Vet memorial in DC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Someone sent us a link to Military.com<\/a> article that there’s going to be a memorial in DC near the Capitol for disabled veterans;<\/p>\n

The $81.5 million memorial, which will feature 48 glass display panels, will open on Oct. 12, 2014, according to the Disabled Veterans’ Life Memorial Foundation. It will sit on a 2.4-acre site across from the U.S. Botanic Garden. Its centerpiece will be a star-shaped fountain — each point representing a service branch — and pool that will capture the reflection of the nearby U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe looked at 22 sites that were given to us by the National Park Service. We selected [the C Street] location because of its proximity to the U.S. Capitol,\u201d said Rick Fenstermacher, chief executive officer for the project. \u201cWe wanted Congress to be able to look at the memorial and see that the cost of war is more than [the price] of bullets and bombs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Inscribed on the thick, transparent panels will be quotations that help tell the story of war\u2019s wounded and crippled, along with historic images of servicemembers and veterans reproduced from archival photos. Behind the images — seen through the transparent panels — will be bronze sculptures depicting the returned wounded veterans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks, I appreciate the sentiment, really I do, but I’d much rather they spend the money on clearing the backlog, improving the conditions in VA hospitals, just about anything except another empty gesture to veterans. They said that they chose site near the Capitol to remind Congress about the cost of war beyond dollars…by spending more dollars on something that no Congressman will look at after the opening ceremony. When I moved to DC, just being there every day reminded me of the cost of our freedom in human sacrifice. If they can’t be inspired every moment of every day just by being in the nation’s Capitol, no little fountain which will probably cost billions to maintain and will end up being another trash bin for tourists can inspire them.<\/p>\n

No, thanks, I’m not impressed. Stick another yellow ribbon magnet on your car instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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