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The '''World War II Memorial''' is a [[List of national memorials of the United States|national memorial in the United States]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uscode.house.gov/statutes/pl/103/32.pdf |title=Public Law 103-32 |date=May 25, 1993 |website=uscode.house.gov |access-date=August 15, 2015 |archive-date=October 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010083036/http://uscode.house.gov/statutes/pl/103/32.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/16/chapter-1/subchapter-LXI |title=16 U.S. Code Subchapter LXI – National and International Monuments and Memorials |website=LII / Legal Information Institute |access-date=August 15, 2015 |archive-date=May 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519022228/https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/16/chapter-1/subchapter-LXI |url-status=live }}</ref> dedicated to [[Veteran#United States|Americans who served]] in the [[United States Armed Forces|armed forces]] and as civilians during [[World War II]]. It is located on the [[National Mall]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]
The memorial consists of 56 granite pillars, decorated with bronze [[laurel wreath]]s, representing [[U.S. states]] and [[U.S. territories|territories]], and a pair of small [[triumphal arch]]es for the Atlantic and Pacific theaters, surrounding an oval plaza and fountain. On its short axis is a memorial wall of [[American Gold Star Mothers#Origin of Gold Star Symbol|gold stars]] representing the fallen, and opposite, a sloped and stepped entrance plaza leading up to the oval from 17th Street. Its initial design was submitted by Austrian-American architect [[Friedrich St. Florian]].
Opened on April 29, 2004, it replaced the [[Rainbow Pool]] at the eastern end of the [[Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool|Reflecting Pool]], between the [[Lincoln Memorial]] and the [[Washington Monument]]. Dedicated by [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] on May 29, 2004,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wwiimemorial.com/ |title=WWII Memorial |website=www.wwiimemorial.com |access-date=June 12, 2008 |archive-date=May 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519033349/http://wwiimemorial.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the memorial is administered by the [[National Park Service]] under its [[National Mall and Memorial Parks]] group.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/nwwm/ |title=World War II Memorial (U.S. National Park Service) |website=www.nps.gov |access-date=April 11, 2005 |archive-date=November 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105104642/http://www.nps.gov/nwwm |url-status=live }}</ref> More than 4.6 million people visited the memorial in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/SSRSReports/Park%20Specific%20Reports/Annual%20Park%20Recreation%20Visitation%20(1904%20-%20Last%20Calendar%20Year)?Park=WWII |title=Stats Report Viewer: World War II Memorial |website=irma.nps.gov |access-date=April 22, 2019 |archive-date=June 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624082243/https://irma.nps.gov/STATS/SSRSReports/Park%20Specific%20Reports/Annual%20Park%20Recreation%20Visitation%20(1904%20-%20Last%20Calendar%20Year)?Park=WWII |url-status=live }}</ref>
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