Korean War Memorial

Today was a trip to the Korean War Memorial in Seoul. Having been to the US Korean War Memorial I didn't have great hopes for the day. It's just another museum, right?

Wrong.

This was a massive memorial to a hugely important event in Korean history. It was a beautiful day, and lots of people were out enjoying the day.

There's loads of pictures this time, so I'll just post them with minimal comments.



The massive monument at the center of the memorial.



Next to the obelisk, on either side, are huge group statues representing different classes of Korean people and their roles in the Korean conflict.







To the left of the obelisk is a large statue of two Korean brothers embracing which represents the Korean civil war which pitted brother against brother. The brothers are on top of a large globe slit in half.



Around the brothers statue were artillery and jeeps from the US, USSR and North and South Korea.








Here's a pan of the memorial and museum.



the memorial itself, to the right and left of the museum, is similar to the Vietnam War Memorial in the US. Rows and rows of ten feet tall plaques with the names of war dead.



Behind the museum were tons and tons and tons of airplanes, jets, rockets ans assorted military stuff. Here are just a few items.







In addition to the memorial and airplanes and such, today was Buddah's Birthday, so there were performances in the square most of the day, including a military parade.

It was really cool!



That's all for now. More later!