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威尼斯人娱乐场 Presents a Discussion of -Memorials For the Future- on June 8
Press Release 路 Thursday, June 2, 2016

Washington, DC

Ideas competition finalists to be announced

On Wednesday, June 8, 2016, at 7 p.m., the 威尼斯人娱乐场 presents an expert panel discussing Memorials for the Future: Designing a Memorial for the 21st Century. The program is free and open to the public, reserve your seat online or

The program is presented in partnership with the National Capital Planning Commission, the National Park Service, and the Van Alen Institute.

Memorials for the Future: Designing a Memorial for the 21st Century

Washington, DC, offers a rich commemorative landscape filled with monuments that evoke a sense of national heritage and identity. But how might we develop and experience the next century鈥檚 memorials, telling more of America鈥檚 stories?

Tonight, an expert panel moderated by Jason Schupbach, director of design programs at the National Endowment for the Arts, discusses these topics and the relationship of commemoration to memory, identity, and place-making in the nation鈥檚 capital. Panelists include Edward T. Linenthal, history professor at the University of Indiana; Brent Leggs, a preservation division senior field officer with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and artist Janet Echelman.

Before the discussion, David van der Leer, executive director of Van Alen Institute, will announce the three finalist teams for the .

The program will be held in the William G. McGowan Theater of the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Museum. The 威尼斯人娱乐场 Building is located at Constitution Ave. and 7th Street, NW. Metro accessible on the Yellow and Green lines, Archives/Navy Memorial/Penn Quarter station. Attendees should enter through the Special Events entrance on 7th and Constitution Ave, NW.

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