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Image: Women in Military Service for America Memorial - upper level panels - 2011

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Description: A view of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial. Originally known as the Hemicycle, this ceremonial entrance to Arlington National Cemetery was opened in 1932. Along the 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. Glass panels, some inscribed with quotations from famous women in the military or others praising their serivce, form the rear of the terrace on top of the memorial and act as a skylight for the exhibit galleries below.
Title: Women in Military Service for America Memorial - upper level panels - 2011
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Author: Tim1965
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