What do the colomns in the WWII Memorial represent?
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From Wikipedia:\nThe memorial consists of 56 pillars, each measuring 17 feet (5.18 m) tall, arranged in a semicircle around a central plaza with two 43-foot (13.11 m) arches on opposite sides. Each pillar is inscribed with the names of the then-48 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the Alaska Territory and Territory of Hawaii, the Commonwealth of the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each arch is inscribed with "Atlantic" and "Pacific."
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I've seen a tree represent it (with branches) and a triangle (to show checks and balances).  \n\nThis has to be an opinion question, I've never heard of a symbol representing the three branches of govt.\n\n(Maybe the Eagle that has the arrows in its talons -- I think there are three arrows -- maybe that's what you mean.)
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A fifth column is a group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group to which it is expected to be loyal, such as a nation. The term originated with a 1936 radio address by Emilio Mola, a Nationalist general during the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War. As four of his army columns moved on Madrid, the general referred to his militant supporters within the capital as his "fifth column," intent on undermining the Republican government from within.\n\nThe term is also used in reference to a population who are assumed to have loyalties to countries other than the one in which they reside, or who support some other nation in war efforts against the country they live in.\n\nDuring World War II, German minority organizations in Poland and Czechoslovakia formed the Selbstschutz, which actively helped the Third Reich in conquering those nations and engaged in atrocities.\n\nThe Japanese American internment in the United States was justified on the basis that Japanese descendants living on the West Coast would act as a fifth column. Irish Catholic residents in the UK have been sometimes viewed in this way by unionists due to "The Troubles" of the late 20th century (see also Guildford Four, Birmingham Six).\n\nToday it has a pejorative connotation, whereas partisan can be considered a positive or negative term. Resistance movements are looked upon more favourably than fifth columnists, but it can be argued that that there is an overlap between the two
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Came from General George Patton during WWII.  It stands for \n"Situation Normal All Fouled Up"  One may substitute a different word starting with "F" should one be so inclined. The original I believe used by General Patton was the substitute word beginning with "F".
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If they are WWII era, I agree with the other poster regarding Band of Brothers.\n\nIt is an unbelievable account of E (Easy) Company from D Day through the end of WWII in Europe.\n\nTruly a group of heros in the truest sense of the word.
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I do not know. Here is a phone number where you can call and ask.1-800-639-4WW2 \nThere is information in this website, Browse for more\nhttp://www.wwiimemorial.com/
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I have heard of some local organizations that do that, but I do not know of a national organization that has taken that charge.\n\nDo you know a WWII vet that desires to see the memorial? I would concider asking the local veteran groups (American Legion, Veterans of Foriegn Wars, etcetera) to sponsor a trip for this vet. They may help foot the bill.\n\nKen
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its WW2 slang...officers aid.
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The Memorial is in remembrance of the thousands of innocent people who died in the World Trade Center and the heroic emergency response personnel who died trying to save them. \n\nThe murderers who killed them and the murderers who sponsor them will not be forgotten, but for different reasons, and with much different results.
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A fortification consisting of an embankment, often with a parapet built on top.\n\nWhen Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that was used as the words for the national anthem, he was on a British ship watching the bombardment of Ft. McHenry. The ramparts refer to Ft. McHenry. \n\nThe poem is the story of how after a full night of battle, when the sun came up, the U.S. flag was still flying over the fort.\n\nThe poem was later put to the tune of an old drinking song and became the song that later became the national anthem.
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I think the reference you're making is probably to\nthe engraving which shows two tables, with Roman\nnumerals, which are probably depictions of the two\ntablets of the ten commandments.  At:\n\nhttp://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/rel_liberty/faqs.aspx?id=12147&\n\nit describes them as:\n\n  The bottom of one door to the courtroom has a\n  carving of two tablets with the Roman numerals\n  1 to 10, but no text.\n\nAnother reference (with a picture):\n\nhttp://politicaltherapy.blogspot.com/2005/03/supreme-court-could-rule-own-building.html\n\nsays:\n  ...display on the doors of the court itself, each of which\n  displays icons of the two tablets with an "implied\n  Ten Commandments" on them.\n\nFinally, however, other references discuss *other* things\non the doors:\n\nhttp://www.eteel.com/Washington_DC/photos/supreme_court.html\nhttp://www.supremecourtus.gov/about/courtbuilding.pdf\nhttp://www.usscplus.com/info/building.htm\n\n  One can enter the building through the opened bronze doors\n  of the west front, each of which weight six and one-half\n  tons and slides into a wall recess when open. The door\n  panels, sculpted by John Donnelly, Jr., depict historic\n  scenes in the development of law: the trial scene from the\n  shield of Achilles, as described in the Iliad; a Roman\n  praetor publishing an edict; Julian and a pupil; Justinian\n  publishing the Corpus Juris; King John sealing the Magna\n  Carta; the Chancellor publishing the first Statute of\n  Westminster; Lord Coke barring King James from sitting as a\n  Judge; and Chief Justice Marshall and Justice Story.
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The article below tells quite a few symbols. It's pretty well-written. You have to go down a few paragraphs before it starts listing the symbolism in more detail.
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I am taking a holocaust class in collage. The way I understand it is that Hilterand the germans blamed the Jews for everything. Losing the war, denying Jesus Christ, and they had the best shops and house that money could buy. He had that took from them. To help u out a little more go to www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. If u have more questions e-mail at Njacobs7477@yahoo.com, I will be glad to help u.
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It's a symbol for the Thin Blue Line organization. It is a police organization and charity for families that have lost a family member in the line of duty.\nhttp://www.thinblueline.com/\n\nBy the way, it DOES NOT function as a sticker to allow police, fire, etc to park anywhere they want. It is simply a show of support and respect to our law enforcement officers.
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The flower they wear is a poppy. They wear it to remember the soldiers that died during WW1 as poppies used to grow in places like Flanders Fields. It's predominatly a British thing in the run up to "Remeberence Day" on Nov 11th.\n\n\nFor more info check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppy
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The rifle with the helmet have been symbols of fallen soldiers since WWI. The rifle was stuck in the ground with the dog tags so the soldier could be located and identified at a later time. The boots were left so if another soldier came along and needed a pair then he could trade out boots.
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It is a story about a young boy who is sent to a concentration camp in WWII by the Nazis and how he endures and manages to live through it all. It is a story about the Holocaust. It is brief and is an excellent read. READ it.\n\nGood luck.