War Memorial - Waverly, NY
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N 42° 00.038 W 076° 32.611
18T E 372168 N 4650999
This silhouette is of the flag raising during the Battle of Iwo Jima in WWII. It is part of a war memorial that includes a tank. It is based on a photo from 1945 and a sculpture by Felix de Weldon that became a monument.
Waymark Code: WM10TRX
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 06/23/2019
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"The memorial was inspired by the iconic 1945 photograph of six Marines raising a U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II taken by Associated Press combat photographer Joe Rosenthal. Upon first seeing the photograph, sculptor Felix de Weldon created a maquette for a sculpture based on the photo in a single weekend at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland, where he was serving in the Navy. He and architect Horace W. Peaslee designed the memorial. Their proposal was presented to Congress, but funding was not possible during the war. In 1947, a federal foundation was established to raise funds for the memorial."