Milwaukee County War Memorial Center

Local nameMilwaukee County War Memorial Center
LocationEast Town, Milwaukee

The Milwaukee County War Memorial is a memorial building located on Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, WI. It was designed by architect Eero Saarinen. Construction began in 1955 and the building was dedicated on Veterans Day in 1957.The mosaic mural by Edmund D. Lewandowski was installed in 1959. The mosaic uses more than one million pieces of glass and marble. The slightly abstracted Roman numerals, in shades of purple, blue, and rich black, are the beginning and ending dates of the U.S. involvement in the Second World War and the Korean War. MCMXLI through MCMXLV refers to World War II, and MCML through MCMLIII refers to the Korean War.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_County_War_Memorial

Official Website https://warmemorialcenter.org/

Phone +1 414 273 5533

Coordinates 43°2'25.765" N -87°53'50.218" E

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