The memorial honors all 3,410 Medal of Honor recipients.
The focal point of the memorial is a water sculpture, a
wall of water created by a series of jets. The memorial's
designers intended this centerpiece to be "a cool, quiet
place for reflection."
The memorial also features an interactive computer
kiosk. Visitors can use the kiosk to access the history of
the medal, photos of recipients and individual citations.
"Among these walls, we hear more than the rousing echoes of
the victorious, more than the tragic cries of the fallen.
We hear the clear and distant trumpets of battles still to
come, the summons to gather our courage and our resolve.
And they bid us to preserve freedom in our time in order to
honor those who made us free," Defense Sec. Cohen at dedication.
