Arlington Hemicycle Fountain - Arlington, VA
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N 38° 52.973 W 077° 04.105
18S E 320588 N 4305813
The rill between the fountain and pool was criticized by the Commission of Fine Arts as "too Middle Eastern"; the 200-jet fountain was one of the last design elements added.
Waymark Code: WMW34J
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/04/2017
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County of fountain: Arlington County
Location of fountain: 1 Memorial Drive, Arlington Hemicycle, Arlington
"Originally known as the Hemicycle, this ceremonial entrance to Arlington National Cemetery was opened in 1932. Along with Arlington Memorial Bridge and the George Washington Memorial Parkway (then known as the Mount Vernon Memorial Parkway), it was constructed in celebration of the bicentennial of George Washington's birthday.
"Unfinished, unused, and in disrepair by the early 1980s, it was transformed into the Women in Military Service for America Memorial and opened to the public on October 20, 1997. This image is taken from the northeast side of the plaza in front of the memorial, and is looking almost due east. The unfinished panels were pierced in 1997 and now contain stairways leading to the interior of the memorial and to the terrace on top of it. Several of the original, undeocrated apses in the Hemicycle can also be seen. The apse, with its as-yet unfinished decorative panels, occupies the center of the image. The circular area to the center-right is the fountain and pool."~Tim Evanson
"It was not until September 1936 that the Washington Post reported that federal officials considered the Hemcycle "finished". The structure's fountain was in place, and the Hemicycle was now lit at night. Lighting had also been installed along Memorial Drive, and holly trees and additional oaks had been planted along road." ~ Wikipedia