Post by legionnaire on Nov 27, 2006 12:06:30 GMT -5
Unvelied last November 11, 2006 Veterans Day
designed by Cheri Gaulke
front view of the 5 black granite monoliths and two Kagitingan/valor "benches" for the visitor to sit and reflect
designed by Cheri Gaulke
front view of the 5 black granite monoliths and two Kagitingan/valor "benches" for the visitor to sit and reflect
From what we studied on the design. The 5 panels represent the five major periods of the odessy of the Filipno War veterans. The top edge represents the graph or time line chart .
1st Panel Colony and Comonwealth
the top is angled upward to symbolized birth of a new country
Invasion and resistance panel
has a flat, level top as everything stops and stahgnates as the outbreak of war begins.
Center panel Bataan and Corregidor
the center piece and tallest panel signifies the highest moment of the gallant stand of the Filipino and American soldiers in Bataan and Corregidor with the angle of the slope not as sever symbolizing the longest drawn out seige in WWII history and downward defeat and final surrender.
(inbetween the two panels is a glass/ prism see through connecting the two events as a continuity of invasion and surrender. the viewier can see himself refected on it.)
Sacrifice and Liberation panel
last of the group has a upward slope and end its slope on the final panel. signifying the liberation of the Philippine and new hope!
Separated from the fifth panel with wide gap symbolizing the V for victory. engraved in huge V for Valor on the back side . WAKAS?
(The four panels are group together symbolizing the mountian to climb and Mt. Samat the highest peak of Bataan Pennensula.)
Last and final Panel Equity and Justice post war
Using the big V shape gap to separate the post war period and stands out separately from the group this symbolizes the Filipino veterans new continued peace time fight "We are still fighting for equity". And the top is flat as the cause has stagnated and needs to be addressed. ITUTULOY!!
You can see the bluish refelction form the plexiglass/ prism connecting the two panels and events.
These 4 photos above courtesy of Joey Gonzales
One last look!
As for why black granite was chosen I don't know why the designer did that for the Greatest Generation.
Black was used in the Vietnam memorial. This was a totally different war. Not a political war that divided Americans. But an invasion and occupation by a facist cruel empire of Japan.
Philip
