Bear Creek

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1. Harris  County  War  Memorial   Bear  Creek  Park   BY   German  Aparicio     Stephanie  Wolfram   Saneea  Sakhyani   Rachel  Duran  
2. Evolution  of  War  Monuments       •  Romans  enshrine  the  memory   of  their  accomplishment  in   prominent  monuments     •  Monumenta  (greek)=  to  remind   or  instruct    
3. Commemorating  victory  not   Soldiers    
4. Impact  of  WWI     •  Major  shift  in   commemoration   •  Commemoration  of   individual   •  Large  numbers  of   memorials  erected   Ø  National  monuments         Ø  War  cemeteries     Ø  Private  memorials            
5. Bear  Creek  War  Monument    
6. Map  of  BCWM   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJlOwVxKseI
7. Deconstructing  Bear  Creek   war  monument   war Memorial (Link) you
8. • Why  was  the  memorial  built?   • Who  built  it?   • When  was  it  built?  
9. Before   How  did  Houstonians  commemorate   Harris  County  veterans?   O Houston  National  Cemetery   O Houston  Veterans  Administration   Cemetery  dedicated  1965   O Flags  placed  at  veterans’  graves  on   Memorial  Day   Demand  for  memorial  for  Harris   County  Vietnam  veterans   O Herbert  D.  Dunlavy  Veterans  of   Foreign  Wars  Post  581  in   cooperation  with  Gold  Star  Mothers   American  Legion   O Commissioner  Bob  Eckels   Decision  to  include  all  wars  beginning   with  WWI  
10. Dedication  on  May  27,  1985   O Honoring  war  dead  from  Harris  County   O Included  20th  century  wars  up  to  1985   O Front  Page  of  Houston  Post  (May  28,  1985)  
11. • Who  is  the  memorial  for?   • Why  is  the  memorial  here?   • Who  is  the  intended   audience  of  the  memorial?  
13. •  What  is  the    message  of  the    memorial?   •  Are  there  ideological  indicators?   •  Does  the  memorial    want  to  teach  the  target   audience  something?  
15. • Does  the  memorial  still  function  ?   • Does  the  function  serve  the  social   purpose  for  what  it  was  intended   for?  
16. Memorial day 2011
17. Has  there  been  any    changes  made   to    the  memorial?    
18. New  Additions   Structural  changes   O 2005  ($60,000)   O New  column   O First  Persian  Gulf  War,  Iraq  &   Afghanistan  conflicts   O 2011  ($220,000)   O 2  new  columns   O U.S.  Merchant  Marines  &  Coast  Guard   O One  column  left  blank   O 3  2-­‐sided  granite  walls   O WWII  section   O Over  1000  names  added   O Spelling  errors  corrected   Policy  Changes   O 2011:  names  of  those  who  died  in  war   zone,  but  not  as  direct  result  of  enemy   action,  to  be  included  in  memorial  
19. •  How  does  the  Bear  Creek  War   Memorial    compare  to  other   memorials  around  the  country?    
20. Liberty  Memorial     •  Kansas  City,  Missouri     •  Site  of  memorial  was  dedicated  by  the   Allied  Commanders  in  1921   •  President  Calvin  Coolidge  officially   dedicated  Liberty  Memorial  in  1926   •  National  World  War  1  Museum  at  the   Liberty  Memorial  opened  in  2006   •  Purpose  as  a  memorial:  “beacon  of   freedom  and  a  symbol  of  the  courage,   patriotism,  sacrifice,  and  honor  of  all   those  who  served  in  WW1   •  Egyptian  Revival  Style   (obelisk=triumph/victory,  sphinxes=   guardians  of  the  memorial)   •  Nationalistic  spirit-­‐honoring  the  war   itself  rather  than  the  individual   soldier.  
21. Bear  Creek  vs.  Liberty   Memorial   O Architecture     O Simple  shapes  vs.  Egyptian  revival  style     O Audience   O Harris  County  Residents     O Size   O National  vs.  Local     O Honoring  the  war  as  an  event  rather  than  the   individual  soldier    
22. Conclusion     O How  to  approach  a  war  monument   O How  to  ask  questions   O How  to  make  a  visit  to  a  war  monument  fun    
23. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgXaZfP5tzQ