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World War One Memorial Interpretation & Detailing U.S. COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS SUBMISSION | MAY 16, 2019 World War One Memorial Interpretation & Detailing Sculptor SABIN HOWARD 1 PRESENTATION CONTENT SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS / UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS • Memorial Vision: Primary and Supporting Commemorative Elements (October 2018) • Pool & Walkway + Access Improvements + Sculpture Refinements (November 2018) • Concept Lighting, Furnishing and Finishes (February 2019) • Response to Walkway, Lighting, & Sculpture Fountain Comments (April 2019) • Interpretation & Detailing (May 2019) • Response to Sculpture Detailing, Lighting Comments and Final Detailing (anticipated July 2019) CFA MEETING OBJECTIVES (5/16/2019) Approval of Interpretation Approval of Detailing PRESENTATION OUTLINE • Interpretation - Narrative Outline - 1st Tier - 2nd Tier - 3rd Tier • Detailing - Information Spots (Poppies) - Belvedere - Site Text Strategies 2 INTERPRETATION NARRATIVE OUTLINE 1ST TIER 2ND TIER 3RD TIER 3 INTERPRETATION: NARRATIVE OUTLINE (OCTOBER 2018 CFA) Pennsylvania Avenue NW 15th Street NW 15th Street EVERY MAN (A SOLDIER’S JOURNEY) PEACE FOUNTAIN) (THE PEACE (THE PEACE SEARCH FOR FOR SEARCH GREAT MAN 14th Street NW 14th Street (GENERAL PERSHING) Pennsylvania Avenue NW 4 INTERPRETATION: NARRATIVE OUTLINE (OCTOBER 2018 CFA) THE UNITED STATES AND WORLD WAR I 1ST TIER - THE GREAT MAN EVERY MAN PHYSICAL COMMEMORATION PEACE (STATUE, SCULPTURE, FOUNTAIN) (TOP DOWN) (BOTTOM UP) 2ND TIER WHO? & WWI PRE- DOUGHBOY / DIVERSE PEACE PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION SEARCH (BELVEDERE, SELECT QUOTATIONS) WHY? U.S. SCULPTURE VOICES TODAY 3RD TIER WHY WE LEADERSHIP OTHER HOME FRONT/ OTHER OTHER TECH INTERPRETATION TECH SONGS HISTORY AUDIO / VISUAL JOINED IN BATTLE INFO HOMECOMING INFO INFO (DEVICE APP / QR CODE POPPIES) 5 INTERPRETATION: NARRATIVE OUTLINE 1ST TIER - PRIMARY COMMEMORATIVE ELEMENTS 1. PERSHING MEMORIAL 2. A SOLDIER’S JOURNEY 3. THE PEACE FOUNTAIN Pennsylvania Avenue NW 15th Street NW 3. 2. 14th Street NW 14th Street 1. Pennsylvania Avenue NW THE GREAT MAN (TOP DOWN) EVERY MAN (BOTTOM UP) PEACE 6 INTERPRETATION: NARRATIVE OUTLINE 2ND TIER - QUOTATIONS AND INTERPRETIVE CONTENT 1. EXISTING QUOTATIONS 2.EXISTING INTERPRETATION 3.PROPOSED QUOTATIONS Pennsylvania Avenue NW 4.PROPOSED INTERPRETATION 3. 3. 3. 15th Street NW 3. 4. 4. 14th Street NW 14th Street 1. 1. 2. Pennsylvania Avenue NW THE GREAT MAN (TOP DOWN) EVERY MAN (BOTTOM UP) PEACE 7 INTERPRETATION: NARRATIVE OUTLINE 3RD TIER - INFORMATION SPOTS - DIGITAL / AV ORIENTATION TO INFORMATION SPOTS Pennsylvania Avenue NW *1. PERSHING AND THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 2. (CATHER) THE TOLL OF WAR 3. (ANDREWS) DIVERSITY IN THE AMERICAN WAR EFFORT 4. WILSON AND MAKING THE WORLD SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY 5. ASPIRATIONS FOR PEACE 6. TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION 4. 3. 7. HOME FRONT 2. 8A. GUIDED TOUR OF SCULPTURE 5. 8B. GUIDED TOUR OF SCULPTURE * 8B. 15th Street NW 8A. 6. 1. 7. NW 14th Street Pennsylvania Avenue NW INFORMATION SPOTS (QR CODES DESIGNATED BY POPPIES) 8 INTERPRETATION - 1ST TIER 9 INTERPRETATION: 1ST TIER THE GREAT MAN - PERSHING STATUE & WALLS 10 INTERPRETATION: 1ST TIER THE EVERY MAN - A SOLDIER’S JOURNEY SCULPTURE 11 INTERPRETATION: 1ST TIER PEACE - THE PEACE FOUNTAIN 12 INTERPRETATION - 2ND TIER 13 INTERPRETATION: 2ND TIER BELVEDERE - INTERPRETIVE HINGE Donor Panel No panel Poppy symbol information / call-in audio guide info Site guide WWI Victory Medallion No panel Orientation Peace: Armistice and Versailles Bronze relief No panel Doughboy Experience WWI: Global Overview / American Involvement / Home front The Soldier’s Journey: Memorial Sculpture No panel General Pershing and the Overview American Expeditionary Forces 14 INTERPRETATION: 2ND TIER BELVEDERE - INSCRIPTIONS (MAJOR BATTLES WITH U.S. INVOLVEMENT) CAMBRAI - SOMME DEFENSIVE - LYS - AISNE - MONTDIDIER-NOYON - CHAMPAGNE-MARNE - AISNE-MARNE - SOMME OFFENSIVE - OISE-AISNE - YPRES-LYS - ST MIHIEL - MEUSE-ARGONNE - VITTORIO VENETO - SIBERIA - NORTH RUSSIA - ATLANTIC CONVOYS - WESTERN ATLANTIC - NORTH SEA - MEDITERRANEAN 15 INTERPRETATION: 2ND TIER BELVEDERE - WWI VICTORY MEDALLION PRECEDENT - THE EXTRA MILE NATIONAL MONUMENT, WASHINGTON D.C. 16 INTERPRETATION: 2ND TIER BELVEDERE - TACTILE MODEL PRECEDENT - FREEDOM PLAZA SITE MODEL Freestanding tactile model located within grove 17 INTERPRETATION: 2ND TIER THE GREAT MAN - EXISTING PERSHING MEMORIAL COMMEMORATIVE WEST FACE John J. Pershing General of the Armies EAST FACE In their devotion, their valor, and in the loyal fulfillment of their obligations, the officers and men of the American Expeditionary Forces have left a heritage of which those who follow may ever be proud. - General Pershing INTERPRETIVE For south Pershing Wall text, see appendix 18 INTERPRETATION: 2ND TIER PEACE - THE PEACE FOUNTAIN QUOTATION Search for Peace Quotation Content: We leave you our deaths: give them their meaning: give them an end to the war and a true peace: give them a victory that ends war and a peace afterwards: give them their meaning. We were young, they say. We have died. Remember us. - Archibald MacLeish 19 INTERPRETATION: 2ND TIER THE EVERY MAN - NORTH BERM QUOTATION Every Man Quotation Content: Never before have men crossed the seas to a foreign land to fight for a cause which they did not pretend was peculiarly their own, but knew was the cause of humanity and of mankind. - President Woodrow Wilson 20 INTERPRETATION: 2ND TIER THE EVERY MAN - PA PLANTER QUOTATIONS Every Man Quotation Content: If ... this world must be embroiled in a tremendous “War to end Wars,” I am glad that I, too, may play a part in it. - Alta May Andrews Every Man Quotation Content: They were mortal, but they were unconquerable. - Willa Cather 21 INTERPRETATION: 2ND TIER THE EVERY MAN - PA PLANTER QUOTATIONS 22 INTERPRETATION - 3RD TIER 23 INTERPRETATION: 3RD TIER THE GREAT MAN - INFORMATION POPPIES: DIGITAL/AV Example of the “Poppy Finder” app to allow park visitors to find & scan poppies across the site as a way to learn more about WWI 24 INTERPRETATION: 3RD TIER THE EVERY MAN - INFORMATION POPPIES: DIGITAL/AV Example of interactive app features to dive deeper into the history of WWI 25 INTERPRETATION: 3RD TIER PEACE - INFORMATION POPPIES: DIGITAL/AV Example of poems / more information available within the “Poppy Finder” app 26 DETAILING INFORMATION SPOTS BELVEDERE SCULPTURE FOUNTAIN SKATE STOPS STAIR HANDRAILS PARK RULES SIGNAGE 27 DETAILING: INFORMATION SPOTS POPPIES IN PLANTERS 4” BRONZE ENGRAVED POPPY MEDALLION 2 1/2” DIA. STONE ENGRAVED POPPY MEDALLION BRONZE POST ENGRAVED POPPY MEDALLION ON POST 2’-0” PLANTING HEIGHT ENGRAVED POPPY ON POST LASER CUT POPPY ON POST SCULPTED BRONZE POPPY 28 DETAILING: INFORMATION SPOTS POPPIES IN PLANTERS 29 DETAILING: INFORMATION SPOTS POPPIES IN PLANTERS 30 DETAILING: INFORMATION SPOTS POPPIES ON GRANITE WALLS BRONZE ENGRAVED POPPY MEDALLION STONE ENGRAVED POPPY MEDALLION ENGRAVED POPPY MEDALLION IN STONE 2 1/2” DIA. ENGRAVED POPPY IN STONE SCULPTED BRONZE POPPY 31 DETAILING: INFORMATION SPOTS POPPIES ON GRANITE WALLS 32 DETAILING: BELVEDERE BELVEDERE - PANEL STRATEGY Honed carnelian granite 2'-0" capstone on mortar setting bed, 2 dowels per stone 2" Bookend beyond Removable porcelain enamel panel set in narrow bronze frame 4" Light source clipped in notch in granite capstone 1'-0" Drainage / conduit notch beyond 4" Honed carnelian granite capstone, 2 dowels per stone 31 " 1/4" joint with sealant and foam 16 backing, typ. 11 " 2 2'-10" CIP Concrete wall " 4 1 Honed carnelian granite cladding 5'-10 Mortar spot 1'-2" Mortar spot Flamed stony creek granite paving band 1'-2" Stony creek granite setts 33 DETAILING: TEXT STRATEGIES WE LEAVE YOU OUR DEATHS: GIVE THEM THEIR MEANING: GIVE THEM AN END TO THE WAR AND A TRUE PEACE: MATERIALITY, FONT & SCALE GIVE THEM A VICTORY THAT ENDS THE WAR AND A PEACE AFTERWARDS: GIVE THEM THEIR MEANING. WE WERE YOUNG, THEY SAY. WE HAVE DIED. REMEMBER US. -ARCHIBALD MACLEISH WE LEAVE YOU OUR DEATHS: GIVE THEM THEIR MEANING: GIVE THEM AN END TO THE WAR AND A TRUE PEACE: GIVE THEM A VICTORY THAT ENDS THE WAR AND A PEACE AFTERWARDS: GIVE THEM THEIR MEANING. WE WERE YOUNG, THEY SAY. WE HAVE DIED. REMEMBER US. -ARCHIBALD MACLEISH CAMBRAI SOMME DEFENSIVE LYS AISNE MONTIDIDIER - NOYON CHAMPAGNE - MARNE AISNE - MARNE SOMME OFFENSIVE OISE - AISNE YPRES - LYS SAINT MIHIEL MEUSE - ARGONNE VITTORIO VENETO NORTH RUSSIA SIBERIA ATLANTIC CONVOYS WESTERN ATLANTIC NORTH SEA MEDITERRANEAN BRONZE PINNED PEACE FOUNTAIN (5” LETTERS) CAMBRAI SOMME DEFENSIVE LYS AISNE MONTIDIDIER - NOYON CHAMPAGNE - MARNE AISNE - MARNE SOMME OFFENSIVE OISE - AISNE YPRES - LYS SAINT MIHIEL MEUSE - ARGONNE VITTORIO VENETO NORTH RUSSIA SIBERIA ATLANTIC CONVOYS WESTERN ATLANTIC NORTH SEA MEDITERRANEAN HAVE IF...THIS WORLD MUST BE EMBROILED IN A WE LEAVE YOU OUR DEATHS: GIVE THEM THEIR MEANING:PRESIDENT WOODROW TREMENDOUS “WAR TO END WARS,” I AM GLAD THAT I, TOO, MAY PLAY A PART IN IT. THEY WEREGIVE MORTAL, THEM BUT THEY WERE ANUNCONQUERABLE. END TO THE WAR AND A TRUE PEACE: ALTA MAY ANDREWS WILLA CATHER GIVE THEM A VICTORY THAT ENDS THE WAR AND A PEACE AFTERWARDS: GIVE THEM THEIR MEANING. WE WERE YOUNG, THEY SAY. WE HAVE DIED. REMEMBER US. -ARCHIBALD MACLEISH HAVE DEEP V - ENGRAVED PA AVE PLANTERS (2” LETTERS) NORTH BERM (4” LETTERS) IF...THIS WORLD MUST BE EMBROILED IN A PRESIDENT WOODROW TREMENDOUS “WAR TO END WARS,” I AM GLAD THAT I, TOO, MAY PLAY A PART IN IT. THEY WERE MORTAL, BUT THEY WERE UNCONQUERABLE. ALTA MAY ANDREWS WILLA CATHER CAMBRAI SOMME DEFENSIVE LYS AISNE MONTIDIDIER - NOYON CHAMPAGNE - MARNE AISNE - MARNE SOMME OFFENSIVE OISE - AISNE YPRES
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