14 July 2022 - THE HIDDEN CANINE ON KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL

 

THE HIDDEN CANINE ON 

KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL 

G'day folks,

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall. 

It’s easy to get overwhelmed when trying to pack in all the sights while visiting the monuments scattered throughout Washington, D.C. Those on a quick trip to the city will likely breeze through the historical spots without stopping to take in the hidden details.

 

Those who do choose to examine the Korean War Veterans Memorial with an eagle eye will be rewarded with a small canine surprise. If you search hard enough while looking at the Mural Wall, you’ll find a soldier with his German Shepherd.

This particular military dog may not be so easy to spot, as the image is only about two inches tall. Still, trying to find the concealed canine is a powerful experience, as it’ll make you remember the soldiers and animals who served in the war.

The U.S. Army estimates its forces employed around 1,500 dogs during the war. They mainly worked as sentry dogs and were trained to silently warn their human controllers about any possible intruders. The dogs didn’t return home with their handlers after the end of the war, to the great sadness of the men who had grown to love them.

 

The Mural Wall is one of the many parts of the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. Louis Nelson used over 2,000 photographic images that were sandblasted into 100 tons of polished “Academy Black” granite to create this segment of the iconic monument. 

29 January 2022 - SONNY BONO MEMORIAL PARK - WASHINGTON DC

 

SONNY BONO

 MEMORIAL PARK 

- WASHINGTON DC -

G'day folks,

A small triangle of DC grass is the final resting place of one of Sonny and Cher's songs. 

Not every memorial in Washington, DC is a colossal, tourist-swarmed, marble and stone monument. Some, like Sonny Bono Memorial Park, are quiet, intimate, and easy to miss if you don’t know where to look. 

The small, triangular patch of grass where New Hampshire Avenue intersects 20th and O Streets has been a memorial to Salvatore “Sonny” Bono since his friend Geary Simon, a local real estate developer, dedicated the 800-square-foot space in 1998. Bono, who had achieved fame in his early life as a recording artist and producer, became friendly with Simon while serving as a representative for California’s 44th district, an office he held until his sudden death in 1998. The two men met at a martial studio owned by Simon’s girlfriend and attended by Bono’s children, and quickly developed a close friendship. Following Bono’s tragic ski accident, Simon approached the DC Department of Parks and Recreation, offering $25,000 of his own money for the development and maintenance of the unused space.

 Simon decorated the traffic island with shrubbery, small benches, a tree from Bono’s congressional district in Southern California, and a plaque reading “In Memory of My Friend Sonny Bono 1935-1998: Entertainer, Entrepreneur, Statesman, Friend.” Buried underneath the plaque is a small vault containing various memorabilia, including the original sheet music to Sonny & Cher’s “The Beat Goes On.”

Clancy' comment: A nice gesture for a friend, eh?

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