D-Day, and the National D-Day Memorial

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It was in 1996 that I read a story about plans to build a memorial honoring D-Day veterans in Virginia.  I submitted Jim Brothers as the sculptor and myself as the art consultant, they invited us down for an interview, and in 1997 awarded us the contract.  For the next four years Jim busted his butt completing all 12 figures on time, in bronze.  The budget was good, the client fantastic, and the architect a blast to work with–as were the D-Day vets.

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All these years later I’m still proud of this achievement, just sad that the memorial is on hard times, and will have to be taken over by the Park Service if it is to stay open.  I’m sure they’ll work it out; it’s just a reflection of this particular economic era.  Either way, it’s nice to know that the monuments will still be around after Jim and I have croaked, and that we helped honor the vets while they were still around in large numbers.  They appreciated the effort, but not like we appreciate theirs.

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