A photo of the gold stars at the World War II Memorial:
Each gold star represents 1000 war dead.
Posted by Random Penseur at May 30, 2005 10:00 AMI can see it's been awhile since I've been to W. DC. Some great photos. The one that really got me was the WWII Memorial. Each star represents 1000 lives lost?! Wow! And it took how long to get a Memorial?! Lest we never forget, ever, those who gave their lives. And why isn't there a National Police and Fireman Memorial?
Posted by: Dr Pants at June 1, 2005 03:11 AMI looked at the picture and thought: "Wow, that's a lot of soldiers, if each star represents one soldier. Wow..."
Then I looked at your text. Each star represents a THOUSAND soldiers.
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Posted by: Hannah at June 1, 2005 12:36 PM