Liberty Memorial, Kansas City
Saturday, 18th June 2005 by James Turnbull
With it's 217 foot tower the Liberty Memorial is the United States's only major World War I monument. Built in 1921 the monument incorporates two Sphinx sculptures, two museums and the tower, which is topped by four large stone figures representing Courage, Honour, Patriotism and Sacrifice.
After getting run down and becoming a 'haven for male prostitution and drug dealing' the memorial went through a $30 million restoration in 2000-2002 and is once again a valuable tourist attraction.
Thanks: Ben Haines & Sam
nice season change just south too.
Seems to be popular with the coach parties…. see the road above it
Sorry, actually a railway line!
Richmond has a WWI monument: the carillon. Unfortunately, we don’t have satellite imagery yet. But you can kind of see it here.
The trains and accompanying tracks just north of the memorial are going to and from “Union Station”, another famous KC landmark: http://www.unionstation.org/history.cfm.
It looks like a screaming demon skull from above. Perhaps the demon of war… 🙂
I work here as an IT Consultant. It’s definitely worth checking out-the tower and the museum below.