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Memorial Day, Vietnam memorial, Washington, D.C.

Memorial Day, Vietnam memorial, Washington, D.C.

Deliberately setting aside the controversies of the war, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial honors the men and women who served when their Nation called upon them. The designer, Maya Lin, felt that the politics had ... More

Photograph of the "Library of Congress World War II Memorial Dedication," December 7, 1948

Photograph of the "Library of Congress World War II Memorial Dedicatio...

The World War II memorial dedication ceremony, held in the Library of Congress Great Hall.

World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.

World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.

The U.S. National World War II Memorial is a National Memorial dedicated to Americans who served in the armed forces and as civilians during World War II. Consisting of 56 pillars and a pair of arches surroundi... More

The Milwaukee County War Memorial Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The Milwaukee County War Memorial Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The building was designed by modernist architect Eero Saarinen and was dedicated on Veterans Day in 1957. Credit line: Photographs in ... More

Aerial view of the Korean War Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Aerial view of the Korean War Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image -... More

Aerial view of the World War II memorial, Washington, D.C.

Aerial view of the World War II memorial, Washington, D.C.

The U.S. National World War II Memorial is a National Memorial dedicated to Americans who served in the armed forces and as civilians during World War II. Consisting of 56 pillars and a pair of arches surroundi... More

Bas relief, World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Bas relief, World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.

The U.S. National World War II Memorial is a National Memorial dedicated to Americans who served in the armed forces and as civilians during World War II. Consisting of 56 pillars and a pair of arches surroundi... More

Bas relief, World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Bas relief, World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.

The U.S. National World War II Memorial is a National Memorial dedicated to Americans who served in the armed forces and as civilians during World War II. Consisting of 56 pillars and a pair of arches surroundi... More

War memorial in downtown square, Bay Minette, Alabama

War memorial in downtown square, Bay Minette, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

The Mojave Memorial Cross and War Memorial near the ghost town of Cima in the Mojave National Preserve in California

The Mojave Memorial Cross and War Memorial near the ghost town of Cima...

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Capitol World War I Statue, Olympia, Washington

Capitol World War I Statue, Olympia, Washington

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

War memorial, Gadsden, Alabama - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy

War memorial, Gadsden, Alabama - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.

World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. The U.S. National World War II Memorial is a National Memorial dedicated to Americans who served in the armed forces and as civilians during World War II... More

Bas relief, World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Bas relief, World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a relief sculpture, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aerial view of the Vietnam War Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Aerial view of the Vietnam War Memorial, Washington, D.C.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a national war memorial in Washington, D.C. It honors members of the U.S. armed forces who fought in the Vietnam War and who died in service or are still unaccounted for. Title,... More

The Mojave Memorial Cross and War Memorial near the ghost town of Cima in the Mojave National Preserve in California

The Mojave Memorial Cross and War Memorial near the ghost town of Cima...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The memorial, officially the "White Cross World War I Memorial," has been the subject of vigorous church vs. state debate and litigation. Credit line: The... More

Bas relief, World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Bas relief, World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.

The U.S. National World War II Memorial is a National Memorial dedicated to Americans who served in the armed forces and as civilians during World War II. Consisting of 56 pillars and a pair of arches surroundi... More

World War I Memorial, Jackson, Mississippi

World War I Memorial, Jackson, Mississippi

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Steel beam and rubble from the Twin Towers, displayed at the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Steel beam and rubble from the Twin Towers, displayed at the Milwaukee...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The building was designed by modernist architect Eero Saarinen. It was dedicated on Veterans Day in 1957. The Twin Towers were the tal... More

Vietnam War memorial after a snow storm, Washington, D.C.

Vietnam War memorial after a snow storm, Washington, D.C.

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Vietnam War Memorial after a snow storm, Washington, D.C. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a national war memorial in Washington, D.C. It honors members o... More

World War I Memorial, Jackson, Mississippi

World War I Memorial, Jackson, Mississippi

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Tourist Attraction - War memorial, Gadsden, Alabama

Tourist Attraction - War memorial, Gadsden, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

The Bennington Battle Monument, completed in 1889 in Bennington, Vermont

The Bennington Battle Monument, completed in 1889 in Bennington, Vermo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The 301-foot-high obelisk commemorates the Battle of Bennington during the American Revolutionary War. In that battle, on August 17, 1... More

The Tioga County Memorial in Owego, New York

The Tioga County Memorial in Owego, New York

The monument honors all those who served in the U.S. armed forces in wars after the Civil War. There is a separate Civil War memorial in the same park outside the Tioga County Courthouse. Title, date and keywor... More

The World War I Monument in Des Moines, Iowa, was created by Charles Henry Niehaus and mounted in 1925

The World War I Monument in Des Moines, Iowa, was created by Charles H...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More

World War I Memorial, Washington, D.C.

World War I Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Conceived by Washington architect Frederick H. Brooke in association with architects Horace W. Peaslee and Nathan C. Wyeth, the World War I Memorial commemorates the 26,000 citizens of Washington, D.C. who serv... More

Vietnam memorial soldiers by Frederick Hart, Washington, D.C.

Vietnam memorial soldiers by Frederick Hart, Washington, D.C.

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Vietnam Memorial Soldiers by Frederick Hart. One of the most visited monuments in Washington, D.C. is HartÆs heroic bronze statue The Three Soldiers, Viet... More

World War I Memorial, Jackson, Mississippi

World War I Memorial, Jackson, Mississippi

Public domain photograph - historical image of Mississippi, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

War memorial, Gadsden, Alabama - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy

War memorial, Gadsden, Alabama - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Tourist Attraction - War memorial, Norfolk, Connecticut

Tourist Attraction - War memorial, Norfolk, Connecticut

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

The West Virginia Veterans Memorial, designed by P. Joseph Mullins in 1995, at the State Capitol complex in Charleston

The West Virginia Veterans Memorial, designed by P. Joseph Mullins in ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Four bronze figures representing a World War I infantryman, a World War II sailor, an airman from the Korean War, and a marine from th... More

4 Mars souvenir - American Civil War sheet music

4 Mars souvenir - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Confederate side

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.

United States Marine Corps War Memorial : George Washington Memorial Parkway, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia

United States Marine Corps War Memorial : George Washington Memorial P...

Also covers Netherlands Carrillon. "*GPO: 2006--320-369/00495." Title from panel. Includes text and col. ill. Text and ill. (some col.) on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ras... More

4 Mars souvenir - American Civil War sheet music

4 Mars souvenir - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Confederate side

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.

4 Mars souvenir - American Civil War sheet music

4 Mars souvenir - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Confederate side

4 Mars souvenir - American Civil War sheet music

4 Mars souvenir - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Confederate side

World War I monument, in the old, heavily industrial Camp Washington neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, dedicated to Americans who died in the "World War"

World War I monument, in the old, heavily industrial Camp Washington n...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.

World War II Memorial, Washington D.C.

World War II Memorial, Washington D.C.

The World War II memorial honors the 16 million who served in the armed forces of the U.S., the more than 400,000 who died, and all who supported the war effort from home. Symbolic of the defining event of the ... More

Statue of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, who presided during the American Civil War, at the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Statue of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, who presided during the Amer...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The building was designed by modernist architect Eero Saarinen. It was dedicated on Veterans Day in 1957. Credit line: Photographs in ... More

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.

Capital architectural detail at the War Memorial, Jackson, Mississippi

Capital architectural detail at the War Memorial, Jackson, Mississippi

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

4 Mars souvenir - American Civil War sheet music

4 Mars souvenir - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Confederate side

4 Mars souvenir - Public domain American piano sheet music
In 1937, the people of Humphreys County, Mississippi, erected this memorial in downtown Belzoni that honors male soldiers who fought for the Confederacy in the U.S. Civil War of the 1860s (right), women who supported the rebel cause in that war back home (left), and soldiers from the area who died in the "Great War," or World War I, (center)

In 1937, the people of Humphreys County, Mississippi, erected this mem...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More

Lone place setting, depicting American service personnel lost in wartime, at the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Lone place setting, depicting American service personnel lost in warti...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The building was designed by modernist architect Eero Saarinen. It was dedicated on Veterans Day in 1957. Credit line: Photographs in ... More

Two of three stone pyramids that form an unusual war memorial, to those lost in wars fought by, and in, the United States, in North Stratford, New Hampshire

Two of three stone pyramids that form an unusual war memorial, to thos...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-10). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.

World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.

World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

United States Marine Corps War Memorial : George Washington Memorial Parkway, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia

United States Marine Corps War Memorial : George Washington Memorial P...

Also covers Netherlands Carrillon. GPO: 2008--339-126/80036. Title from panel. Includes text and col. ill. Text and ill. (some col.) on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster... More

The Rhode Island Korean War Memorial, placed in 1998, stands in Memorial Park in Providence, the capital of, and largest city in, Rhode Island

The Rhode Island Korean War Memorial, placed in 1998, stands in Memori...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-3) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.

A monument commemorating the United States Civil War of the 1860s was designed by E.M. Heltzer and dedicated in 1917 in Angola, Indiana

A monument commemorating the United States Civil War of the 1860s was ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Atop is the statue of Columbia, facing east. The monument is the center of many town celebrations and festivities. Credit line: Photog... More

World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.

World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.

The World War II Memorial honors the 16 million who served in the armed forces of the U.S., the more than 400,000 who died, and all who supported the war effort from home. Symbolic of the defining event of the ... More

4 Mars souvenir - American Civil War sheet music

4 Mars souvenir - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Confederate side

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.

The Fallen Comrade memorial, by artist Cynthia Hailes, dedicated in 2003 outside the Uinta County Courthouse in Evanston, a city in the very southwest corner of Wyoming

The Fallen Comrade memorial, by artist Cynthia Hailes, dedicated in 20...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

The memorial in Concord, the capital city of New Hampshire, to those who served, with special mention of those who perished, fighting for the United States in World War II, the Korean conflict, and the Vietnam War

The memorial in Concord, the capital city of New Hampshire, to those w...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-10). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More

4 Mars souvenir - American Civil War sheet music

4 Mars souvenir - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Confederate side

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.

Photograph of the "Library of Congress World War II Memorial," December 7, 1948

Photograph of the "Library of Congress World War II Memorial," Decembe...

Photograph of the unveiling of the World War II memorial at the Library of Congress.

Photograph of the "Library of Congress World War II Memorial Dedication," December 7, 1948

Photograph of the "Library of Congress World War II Memorial Dedicatio...

The World War II memorial dedication ceremony, held in the Library of Congress Great Hall.

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

Library of Congress World War II Memorial Program, December 7, 1948

The program includes the poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," by Archibald MacLeish, and biographies of Library of Congress staff members who died during World War II.