The Armed Forces Memorial.

[joxville]

On the way home from Scotland today I decided to detour from my journey and visit the National Memorial Arboretum, within which is the Armed Forces Memorial. It's a great place to visit but allow at least 2 hours for your visit should you manage to get there. The Arboretum was established in 1997 so it is still maturing and being shaped but will be a wonderful sight once it's done so. It's also a very humbling and emotional place to visit, though a long overdue thanks from a grateful Nation. http://www.nationalmemorialarboretum.org/

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[joxville]

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[joxville]

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[joxville]

The gap in the wall is for a shaft of light to pass through on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.

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[arana negra]

Good morning and thank you for the super set of photos and the link to further information. I read through it and really like the way the tree species and numbers are linked to people/events etc The gap in the wall is very poignant.
I have seen similar monuments in other countries The Liberty Monument in Nicosia comes to mind.

[North Light]

joxville,
A very interesting series of photographs.

[Anne x]

Beautiful Pics Joxs thank you for taking and sharing them

[joxville]

This particular memorial amazes me because it's been around the world and erected & dismantled a few times. I had never heard of Changi until our own changilass mentioned recently on the org it's where her name comes from.

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[joxville]

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[joxville]

This is a sundial based on the world atlas but unfortunately the photograph didn't pick up the coastlines too well.

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[changilass]

Great pics Jox, looks like onother one on the 'to visit' list, thanks very much.

[wifie]

Just found these jox - thanks for sharing! :)