On Hallowed Ground by Robert M Poole

Author:Robert M Poole
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2000-09-27T04:00:00+00:00

By this time, the national cemetery and capital city had been linked by the long-anticipated Arlington Memorial Bridge, a 2,163-foot-long span distinguished by its graceful stone arches and gilded, muscular equestrian statues at either end: “Valor,” “The Arts of War,” “Sacrifice,” and “The Arts of Peace.” Designed by the respected architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White and opened in January 1932, the bridge finished Washington’s riparian landscape in one unified design, extending the National Mall to the Potomac River and linking Lee’s newly restored memorial with Lincoln’s gleaming marble temple.38

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