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Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Olympia, Washington)
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Kris Snider is installed on the Washington State Capitol campus in Olympia, Washington Olympia is the capital of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat and largest city of Thurston County. It is southwest of the state's most populous city, Seattle, and is a cultural center of the southern Puget Sound region. European ..., United States. The granite memorial was dedicated on May 25, 1987. See also * List of Vietnam War monuments and memorials References 1987 establishments in Washington (state) 1987 sculptures Granite sculptures in Washington (state) Monuments and memorials in Olympia, Washington Vietnam War monuments and memorials in the United States Washington State Capitol campus {{VietnamWar-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington State Capitol
The Washington State Capitol or ''Legislative Building'' in Olympia is the home of the government of the state of Washington. It contains chambers for the Washington State Legislature and offices for the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state and treasurer and is part of a campus consisting of several buildings. Buildings for the Washington Supreme Court, executive agencies and the Washington Governor's Mansion are part of the capitol campus. History After Olympia became capital city of the Washington Territory in 1853, the city's founder, Edmund Sylvester, gave the legislature of land upon which to build the capitol, located on a hill overlooking what is now known as Capitol Lake. A two-story wood-frame building was constructed on the site, where the legislature met starting in 1854. When President Benjamin Harrison approved Washington's state constitution in 1889, he donated of federal lands to the state with the stipulation that income from the lands was to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympia, Washington
Olympia is the capital of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat and largest city of Thurston County. It is southwest of the state's most populous city, Seattle, and is a cultural center of the southern Puget Sound region. European settlers claimed the area in 1846, with the Treaty of Medicine Creek initiated in 1854, followed by the Treaty of Olympia in 1856. Olympia was incorporated as a town on January 28, 1859, and as a city in 1882. It had a population of 55,605 at the time of the 2020 census, making it the state's 23rd-largest city. Olympia borders Lacey to the east and Tumwater to the south. History The site of Olympia had been home to Lushootseed-speaking peoples known as the Steh-Chass (or Stehchass, later part of the post-treaty Squaxin Island Tribe) for thousands of years. Other Native Americans regularly visited the head of Budd Inlet and the Steh-Chass, including the other ancestor tribes of the Squaxin, as well as the Nisqually, Puyallup, Chehal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Vietnam War Monuments And Memorials
This is a list of monuments and other memorials to the Vietnam War. Australia * Vietnam Forces National Memorial, Canberra *Beaudesert War Memorial * Cairns War Memorial *Esk War Memorial *Gair Park *Gympie Memorial Park *Sandgate War Memorial Park * Strathpine Honour Board * Tieri War Memorial * Toogoolawah War Memorial * Traveston Powder Magazine * Warwick War Memorial *Weeping Mother Memorial * World War I Cenotaph, Mackay *Yeppoon War Memorial *Yeronga Memorial Park * Long Tan Cross (original, in Canberra) *Torrens Parade Ground, Adelaide, South Australia * Vietnam War Comradeship Memorial, Cabravale Park, Cabramatta, New South Wales Canada * The North Wall, Windsor, Ontario Vietnam * Vietnam War Memorial, Hanoi * Bến Dược Memorial Temple, Ho Chi Minh City * Đồng Lộc Junction *Embassy of the United States, Saigon * Long Tan Cross (replica on original site) * Trường Sơn Cemetery *Vịnh Mốc tunnels United States * Augusta-CSRA Vietnam War Veterans Memorial, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Establishments In Washington (state)
File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing everyone except a little girl; The King's Cross fire kills 31 people after a fire under an escalator flashes-over; The MV Doña Paz sinks after colliding with an oil tanker, drowning almost 4,400 passengers and crew; Typhoon Nina strikes the Philippines; LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 crashes outside of Warsaw, taking the lives of all aboard; The USS Stark is struck by Iraqi Exocet missiles in the Persian Gulf; U.S. President Ronald Reagan gives a famous speech, demanding that Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev tears down the Berlin Wall., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Zeebrugge disaster rect 200 0 400 200 Northwest Airlines Flight 255 rect 400 0 600 200 King's Cross fire rect 0 200 300 400 Tear down this wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
