On Easter I visited the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial and Union Station. The WWI Museum collections and exhibitions cover the entire war from the first shots in 1914 to the last attempts at peace in 1919. For those visiting Kansas, the WWI Museum is a "must see".
[Info. Note: "Two gigantic stone Sphinxes adorn the Liberty Memorial Deck. 'Memory' faces the East with wings shielding its face from the horrors of the European battlefields. 'Future' faces the West with wings shrouding its face to symbolize the future which is yet unseen."]
At the entrance of the museum is a glass bridge, which spans a field of 9,000 poppies, each representing 1,000 combatant deaths during WWI.
Recreation of a trench.
[Info. Note: "By the end of 1914, a network of trenches extended over 400 miles across Belgium and France."]
Renault FT17 tank with rounded turret and machine gun.
View from the 217-foot Tower built in 1926.
Panoramic view of downtown Kansas from the Tower.
Steam Locomotive No. 844 - the last steam locomotive built for Union Pacific Railroad.
Inside Union Station.
The ceiling inside the Union Station.
I'll take sushi over ham on Easter any day.
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