Liberty Memorial at Sunset, Kansas City, Missouri ポスター

"Liberty Memorial at Sunset, Kansas City, Missouri" by Catherine Sherman. The illuminated Liberty Memorial stands prominently against a colorful sunset sky, overlooking the expansive urban landscape of Kansas City, Missouri. Soft lights illuminate the surrounding grounds, creating a serene ambiance as evening descends over the city. The sky is filled with dramatic clouds creating a sense of depth and contrast. The Liberty Memorial is a memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, to the soldiers who died in World War I. Groundbreaking began on November 1, 1921, and the memorial was completed and dedicated on November 11, 1926. The Liberty Memorial, which is in Penn Valley Park, houses the official World War I museum of the United States, which opened to the public in December 2006. The building is designed in Beaux Arts Classicism and Egyptian Revival style of architecture with a limestone exterior. The Liberty Memorial is a National Historic Landmark and on the National Register of Historic Places. The museum focuses on global events from the causes of World War I before 1914 through the 1918 armistice and 1919 Paris Peace Conference. Visitors enter the exhibit space within the 32,000-square-foot facility across a glass bridge above a field of 9,000 red poppies, each representing 1,000 combatant deaths. Beyond the Liberty Memorial to the right is the KC Wheel, a Ferris wheel in with 36 climate-controlled, private gondolas with floor-to-ceiling windows. The entire ride lasts between 12 – 15 minutes, lasting through multiple rotations. The wheel is flashing purple in this photograph. It has hundreds of thousands of LED lights, creating millions of different color combinations.