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Santa Barbara Memorial Oaks

Address : 101 Freeway
Town/Suburb/City : Santa Barbara
State/County/Province : CA
Country : USA

Web Site : "transportation plan options (2012) http://longrange.sbcountyplanning.org/planareas/torocanyon/santa%20claus%20lane/documents/Reports/COSBA%20100005%20Project%20Report.pdf http://yankeebarbareno.com/

Description :

In 1928, as a memorial to local combat soldiers that died in World War I, the American Legion Post 49 and the Boy Scouts planted 71 coast live oak trees along the 101 freeway between Summerland and Carpinteria.

The trees were aligned in two columns on either side of the narrow cement road. The one lane ribbon of concrete through the country turned into the four lane speedway of today, and a number of the oak trees now grow in the center median between opposing lanes of traffic. About 35 of the original 71 trees still stand today.

District of Columbia World War Memorial

Address : Independence Ave., NW between 17th and 23rd Streets
Town/Suburb/City : Washington
State/County/Province : DC
Country : USA

Web Site : http://planning.dc.gov/DC/Planning/Historic+Preservation/Maps+and+Information/Landmarks+and+Districts/Pending+Historic+Landmarks+and+Historic+Districts/District+of+Columbia+War+Memorial+-+Pending+Land

Dedication Date : 11/11/1931

Description :

Designed in the form of a circular Greek temple (tholos), the memorial is an open-air, white marble, Doric structure intended to serve as a bandstand. A peristyle of 12 fluted Doric columns supports (without bases) supports an inscribed six-foot-tall entablature and, above that, a domed roof. The floor (stylobate) is decorated with white and pink tiles; at the center is a bronze escutcheon featuring an eagle in low relief. The names of the 499 DC residents who died in service are inscribed around the base.