tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post3115130665560692573..comments2024-03-28T02:42:51.950-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Finalist for the National World War One Memorial Design: Heroes' Greensnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-57367050896048917432015-10-24T00:34:01.608-07:002015-10-24T00:34:01.608-07:00This still doesn't get at the sentiment of the...This still doesn't get at the sentiment of the Great War, but it does look like a battlefield with all the artillery craters. Also sad that DC does not want it's memorial to become the heart of the countries memorial. Maybe we should just spruce up Pershing Park with a memorial plaque or two? Then Pershing Park near the District Building will become the Nation's Memorial. And the DC David John Hastiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668499102291275170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-88907235710543146652015-10-11T05:45:00.011-07:002015-10-11T05:45:00.011-07:00I apologize if anyone took my wording as an intent...I apologize if anyone took my wording as an intentional affront to those who disagree with my own opinions. I can appreciate others' emotions as I am a combat veteran of two (2) separate wars myself, and have a proud family military heritage that extends to our nation's founding. But, please do not assume you fully understand me, my feelings toward other's, and my own personal motivesDavid Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02438191396854739819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-23264375065866883812015-10-10T09:40:37.368-07:002015-10-10T09:40:37.368-07:00It's a little bit more complicated than that. ...It's a little bit more complicated than that. I understand the citizens of Washington who did not want their local memorial nationalized - and felt like an expansion of their site would would again be cheapening the local contribution. They already feel as though their city isn't really theirs.<br /><br />Likewise, I can understand the folks in Kansas City's position. Liberty CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12920046092004136754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-28193054310709220252015-10-10T09:15:57.243-07:002015-10-10T09:15:57.243-07:00The trees in Rainbow Memorial Grove at Exposition ...The trees in Rainbow Memorial Grove at Exposition Parkin LA have not died. All of the trees are very healthy and large. Not that many people know the significance of the trees.CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12920046092004136754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-38774097340526242672015-10-10T09:15:31.601-07:002015-10-10T09:15:31.601-07:00President Wilson on April 2, 1917, sought a declar...President Wilson on April 2, 1917, sought a declaration of war from Congress against Germany in order that the "world may be made safe for democracy."<br /><br />Unfortunately, the political process to pass the law that legitimized and authorized a "National WW I Memorial" was anything but a democratic process, which would have been open to public hearings in Congress and David Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539002824273503170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-11002070787553106822015-10-10T01:35:12.948-07:002015-10-10T01:35:12.948-07:00Couldn't agree more, James Patton.Couldn't agree more, James Patton.samgrrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09313219009321379423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-16426286911100157252015-10-09T11:22:40.035-07:002015-10-09T11:22:40.035-07:00The 116 trees will die just as all WW1 memorial gr...The 116 trees will die just as all WW1 memorial groves have died. Even LSU has lost some of its live oaks and those trees can last a really long time. The greenswards will go unwatered. The problem with all solutions centered around landscaping is maintenance. The original Pershing Park was a landscape design and it has not been maintained. If it had we might be talking about a different location.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392374641232161890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-72347083472286857212015-10-09T08:09:49.447-07:002015-10-09T08:09:49.447-07:00Liberty Memorial was only given "National&quo...Liberty Memorial was only given "National" designation in the act of Congress that made whatever is put up in Pershing Park a national memorial as well.<br /><br />It was a compromise. Neither camp wanted the other to be given the designation.CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12920046092004136754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-12528221318936317932015-10-09T07:35:22.387-07:002015-10-09T07:35:22.387-07:00While I welcome the continued sentiment and sense ...While I welcome the continued sentiment and sense of respect towards the Great War and our countrymen who served, creating a "new" memorial cheapens the importance and especially the significant history of The National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri. Washington D.C. may be our nation's capital, it does not automatically make it the be all, end all center David Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02438191396854739819noreply@blogger.com