Saturday, October 18, 2008

Walk of Honor at Liberty Memorial


Personalized, engraved granite bricks for veterans (living or deceased) of all wars including WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam and the Desert Wars line the Walk of Honor at the entrance to the museum. The brick in the photo above was dedicated in honor on Conrad's father, Chris Knab, who served as a private in the U.S. Army during World War I.

Liberty Memorial’s Sphinxes


Two sphinxes sit on either side of the Liberty Memorial, "Memory" and "Future." Their faces are veiled with their wings. "Memory," facing east towards Flanders Fields and the seat of the war, has a hooded head and its face veiled with its wings to shut out the horrors or war. "Future," facing west, where "the course of the empire takes its way," has a veiled head and its face also veiled with its wings, as the future is veiled to all.







Future, facing West

Friday, October 3, 2008

The Liberty Memorial in bloom

The Liberty Memorial, taken from the Santa Fe Place / San Francisco Tower garden.




Blooming redbud trees at The Liberty Memorial.


Yellow daylillies at The Liberty Memorial.