Friedrich St. Florian, an Austrian American architect who designed the World War II Memorial on the ... just east of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Raised in Austria, where his father ...

A circle of 56 columns (representing the U.S. states and territories from the era) looks over the Rainbow Pool ... Park Service's official World War II Memorial page. DC National Mall Night ...

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Friedrich St. Florian, the architect renowned for his design of the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, ...

WASHINGTON — The man behind D.C.'s National World War II Memorial has died. An immigrant from Austria, in 1997, Friederich St. Florian beat out 400 other architects, when his design was selected ...

In 2023, the city welcomed nearly 26 million visitors, setting a new record, according to Destination DC ... Jr. Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington Monument, and World War II Memorial.