Liberty Memorial

Question 0

Why did European countries have a grater impulse to create memorials?

Answer 0

Because of the battlefields located on their soil

Question 1

Where was the impulse to creat war memorials more restrained then in Europe?

Answer 1

In the United States

Question 2

What are the two types of memorials categorized by historians?

Answer 2

Utilitarian and non-utilitarian

Question 3

What are utilitarian memorials?

Answer 3

Living memorials that serve as an obvious function in addition to memorializing the dead

Question 4

What are non-utilitarian memorials?

Answer 4

Memorials that take many forms such as ornamental sculptures or plaques

Question 5

What is an example of an unknown memorial in the United States?

Answer 5

Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington Cemetery, Virginia

Question 6

What is a cenotaph memorial?

Answer 6

A memorial that are empty tombs that represent the many lost whose remains were never found or whose bodies were buried elsewhere

Question 7

What is a well-known example of a cenotaph?

Answer 7

The Cenotaph in Whitehall, London dedicated in 1920

Question 8

What is Veteran’s Day also known as in Europe?

Answer 8

Armistice Day marking the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918

Question 9

How do memorials level social class and race?

Answer 9

By not identifying rank or class in the military

Question 10

What civilizations designs heavily emphasized memorial architecture?

Answer 10

Greek, Roman, Renaissance and Egypt

Question 11

What was the reason for Medieval design’s appropriateness for memorials in England and France?

Answer 11

Because it allowed for references to Christianity

Question 12

What allegorical figures were often favored for public memorials?

Answer 12

Justice, Valor and Liberty

Question 13

What was the Pieta in France?

Answer 13

The representation of the Virgin Mary with the dead body of Christ in either a sacred or secular context

Question 14

What two British memorial organizations were charged with commissioning and maintaning memorials?

Answer 14

Imperial War Graves Commission and the British War Memorials Commission

Question 15

Who lead the Kansas City Liberty Memorial Association?

Answer 15

Robert A. Long

Question 16

What did the Liberty Memorial Association decide for the criteria of Liberty Memorial?

Answer 16

Monument plus a building, not for utilitarian purposes

Question 17

How much money had The Liberty Memorial Association raised for the memorial?

Answer 17

$2.5 million

Question 18

Who had served as the president of the American Institute of Architects?

Answer 18

Thomas Kimball

Question 19

Who organized a comittee that oversaw the submissions for designs of Liberty Memorial Association in 1921?

Answer 19

Thomas Kimball

Question 20

Who was selected to produce the Liberty Memorial?

Answer 20

Harold Van Buren Magonigle from New York

Question 21

Where was Magonigle born?

Answer 21

In New Jersey

Question 22

When did Magonigle open his own architectural firm in New York?

Answer 22

In 1903

Question 23

How had Magonigle made a name for himself in Canton, Ohio?

Answer 23

With the design for the William McKinley National Memorial

Question 24

Who designed sculptural decoration for the Liberty Memorial's frieze?

Answer 24

Edith Magonigle his wife

Question 25

Where is Liberty Memorial located?

Answer 25

Across from Union Station

Question 26

What was the dimensions for Liberty Memorial's base's diameter?

Answer 26

36 feet

Question 27

How high is the shaft of Liberty Memorial?

Answer 27

217 feet high

Question 28

What style is the shaft of Liberty Memorial?

Answer 28

Art Deco along with Egyptian Revival elements

Question 29

What are the four allegorical representations represented on the shaft of Liberty Memorial?

Answer 29

Courage, Sacrifice, Patriotism and Honor

Question 30

What was the memorial designed so that the light and steam could do?

Answer 30

Emerge from the top of the shaft emulate an eternal flame that can be seen from a great distance

Question 31

What memorial did Congress designate as the country's official World War Museum in 2004?

Answer 31

The National World War One Museum

Question 32

When was ground broken at the Liberty Memorial?

Answer 32

On November 1, 1921

Question 33

Military commanders from what countries joined General Pershing to address an enthusiastic crowd os supporters?

Answer 33

France, Italy, Great Britain and Belgium

Question 34

hen was Liberty Memorial completed?

Answer 34

In 1926

Question 35

Who dedicated Liberty Memorial?

Answer 35

President Clavin Coolidge on Armistice Day 1926

Question 36

When was the sculptural frieze of the Liberty Memorial unveiled?

Answer 36

In 1935

Question 37

Where all the United States war memorials located?

Answer 37

In Washington D.C.

Question 38

What American commission was created in the United States in 1923?

Answer 38

The American Battle Monuments Commission

Question 39

What World War One memorial is located on the National Mall in Washington D.C.?

Answer 39

The District of Columbia War Memorial

Question 40

When was the District of Columbia authorized and when was it dedicated?

Answer 40

Authorized by Congress in 1924 and dedicated on Armistice Day in 1931

Question 41

What does the District of Columbia War Memorial commemorate?

Answer 41

The 499 citizens of the District of Columbia who died in battle and some 26,000 who served in World War One