Renderings released for new Global War on Terrorism Memorial

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: msn/The Independent

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Newly released renderings show what the National Mall will look like after the completion of a proposed new memorial. The Global War on Terrorism Memorial, if completed, will be built near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on what is currently a green space and a baseball field, according to DC News Now. The memorial was first approved by Congress in 2017. Then, in 2021, lawmakers made an exception for the memorial that will allow it to be built in the National Mall's central reserve area — where many of the mall's most iconic memorials are located — making it the first memorial in decades to be built in the space.

Renderings show the memorial with elevated walkways, gardens, gathering spaces, a small reflecting pool, and educational material. The central feature of the memorial appears to be a twisting crescent sculpture topped with grass that, according to the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation, is made from "reclaimed war steel" and is meant to represent an "embrace." A walkway at the memorial will reportedly include steel and stone relics from the 9/11 terror attacks, the Washington Times reports.

Imprinted footprints at the site are intended to represent the "weight of the war and the lived experience of warriors, their families, and the communities who held them," according to the website. Michael Rodriguez, a veteran who served as a Green Beret during the conflict, was a leader in the effort to build a memorial to the people lost during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

He currently serves as the president and CEO of the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation and said the memorial will be focused on the people involved, and not the politics behind the conflicts. A rendering of the proposed Global War on Terrorism Memorial in Washington, D.C. Footprints at the site are meant to

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A rendering showing the proposed Global War on Terrorism Memorial, which is set to be built near the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation)

[Blues Heron]

1. the obsession with "relics" from the WTC is creepy af

[lonely bird]

2. Hmmm

There is no such thing as the Global War On Terrorism. There never has been. There never will be.

[pat_k]

7. And if such a thing ever did exist, when did it end?

Don't things or people get memorialized when they are over or dead??

When was terrorism eradicated? I must have missed the memo.

More idiocy from trump I.

[mwmisses4289]

3. Looks almost like an exact copy of the Viet Nam Vets Memorial.

[dweller]

4. Where does it pay tribute

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To Pisswig ?
I thought all monuments now had to pay tribute to Pisswig …

There’s some lettering becoming available any day now.

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[Bayard]

5. Just can't stand to see, "empty space," or leave well enough alone

Reminds me of my husband--any horizontal space is for him to pile stuff on.

[reACTIONary]

6. It looks a bit like a ...

... Mobius strip, which might be an appropriate symbol for the "global war on terrorism."

[CBHagman]

8. For some reason, I don't recall hearing about this...

...but I am unsettled by it.

For the record, I did not have a problem with the addition of the World War II Memorial, although it did indeed change the National Mall.

But that memorial, like the FDR Memorial at the Tidal Basin, has a more defined mission. I am uncomfortable going with a Global War on Terrorism Memorial, because the United States took many wrong decisions in response to 9/11.

And terrorism is an issue for many (perhaps all) nations. It's not as though it has been ended.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Apparently this project started during his first term

and I too don't recall anything about it until now (probably because of COVID and a collapsed economy that Biden had to fix).

[lonely bird]

12. Re: terrorism and many nations

The U.S. uses terror as a weapon. Although he didn’t start it Bush2 did while failing to see the irony. It was called “shock and awe”.

[maxsolomon]

10. Not enough Corinthian columns.

A GWOT memorial offends me. GWOT is/was Republican folly. It led us where we are today, which is: in a bad place.

A memorial to the dead of 9/11, Iraq, and Afghanistan? OK.

[msongs]

11. a 500 ft statue of Melania would do nicely, done u agree lol