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A few years ago I was walking to a new client in NYC down by the Freedom Tower and, behind a construction fence, something caught my eye -- the America's Response Memorial. It was in a holding area until it could be placed in its permanent location.
It immediately stopped me in my tracks. Anyone who walked those sidewalks during that construction knows it was a human river. I walked over, closer to the fence, and just stared at it. It was beautiful and honoring.
For the next few weeks, as I worked for that client in NYC, I left my hotel early each morning and stopped to appreciate it and consider all that it represented. It became my favorite memorial.
How about you?
COL Mikel J. Burroughs @msg dan walther
LTC Stephen C. Alan K. LTC Stephen F. Sgt Deborah Cornatzer Sgt Martin Querin LTC Jeff Shearer CPT Jack Durish SPC Woody Bullard Sgt Albert Castro MSgt Kurt S. Sgt Randy Wilber @csm Richard st cyrCSM Richard StCyr SPC Brett Curry SP5 Mark Kuzinski
It immediately stopped me in my tracks. Anyone who walked those sidewalks during that construction knows it was a human river. I walked over, closer to the fence, and just stared at it. It was beautiful and honoring.
For the next few weeks, as I worked for that client in NYC, I left my hotel early each morning and stopped to appreciate it and consider all that it represented. It became my favorite memorial.
How about you?
COL Mikel J. Burroughs @msg dan walther
LTC Stephen C. Alan K. LTC Stephen F. Sgt Deborah Cornatzer Sgt Martin Querin LTC Jeff Shearer CPT Jack Durish SPC Woody Bullard Sgt Albert Castro MSgt Kurt S. Sgt Randy Wilber @csm Richard st cyrCSM Richard StCyr SPC Brett Curry SP5 Mark Kuzinski
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My favorite monument which I have visited is at Trafalgar Square in London SGT Mark Halmrast. The last I visited it was in 1983.
In this nation my favorite monuments, that I have visited, are the Statue of Liberty, the Lincoln Memorial and many monuments at my Alma Mater West Point including Trophy Point
1. Trafalgar Square honors Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson for his role in the Napoleon War naval battle against the French and Spanish at The Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.
2. Trophy Point is the location of Battle Monument, one of the largest columns of granite in the world. Designed by architect Stanford White and dedicated in 1897,[1] Trophy Point was formerly the site of West Point graduation ceremonies before the class sizes became larger in the mid-twentieth century.
Trophy Point gets its name from the numerous displayed pieces of captured artillery spanning from the Revolutionary War to the Spanish–American War.
Images: Trafalgar Square panoramic; Trafalgar Square at night; Trophy Point at West Point; View from Trophy Point, West Point NY, at dawn in the summertime looking north at the Hudson River Valley.
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Orlando Illi Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price CPT Jack Durish Capt Tom Brown MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SGT (Join to see) Sgt Albert Castro SSG David Andrews Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. CPL Dave Hoover SGT Mark Halmrast SPC Margaret Higgins SrA Christopher Wright
In this nation my favorite monuments, that I have visited, are the Statue of Liberty, the Lincoln Memorial and many monuments at my Alma Mater West Point including Trophy Point
1. Trafalgar Square honors Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson for his role in the Napoleon War naval battle against the French and Spanish at The Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.
2. Trophy Point is the location of Battle Monument, one of the largest columns of granite in the world. Designed by architect Stanford White and dedicated in 1897,[1] Trophy Point was formerly the site of West Point graduation ceremonies before the class sizes became larger in the mid-twentieth century.
Trophy Point gets its name from the numerous displayed pieces of captured artillery spanning from the Revolutionary War to the Spanish–American War.
Images: Trafalgar Square panoramic; Trafalgar Square at night; Trophy Point at West Point; View from Trophy Point, West Point NY, at dawn in the summertime looking north at the Hudson River Valley.
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Orlando Illi Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price CPT Jack Durish Capt Tom Brown MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SGT (Join to see) Sgt Albert Castro SSG David Andrews Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. CPL Dave Hoover SGT Mark Halmrast SPC Margaret Higgins SrA Christopher Wright
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SGT Mark Halmrast
Thank you LTC Stephen F. for sharing. I last saw Trafalgar square in 1985 while on weekend holiday while in the UK during exercises w/2 Para (outstanding soldiers.) Nelson's column stands resolute.
I appreciate your rich posts here on RP, sir.
I appreciate your rich posts here on RP, sir.
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Mine is definitley the Korean War Memorial that I visit with my father before he passed away in 2016. This is the last time we were together SGT Mark Halmrast
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In terms of the actual visual effects, that is the best memorial I've ever seen. It is very, very well done.
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