Medal of Honor Memorial, Military memorial in Indianapolis, United States.
The Medal of Honor Memorial is a memorial in Indianapolis, Indiana, made up of 27 curved glass walls with the names of award recipients etched into the surface. The panels are arranged in a curved line and paired with Indiana limestone in warm gray and pink tones.
The memorial opened in 1999 to honor the history of this military award going back to the Civil War era. Hundreds of medal recipients attended the dedication ceremony on that occasion.
The names on the glass panels are arranged by military conflict, so visitors can move from one war to the next as they walk along the structure. This grouping gives a sense of how the award has been given across many decades of American history.
The site is freely accessible during daylight hours and does not require a ticket or reservation. Motion sensors trigger audio narrations at different points, so visitors can move through the memorial at their own pace.
The glass panels are positioned so that natural light passes through them at different angles depending on the time of day, making the etched names appear lighter or darker. A visit in the early morning or late afternoon shows the memorial in a noticeably different way than a midday visit.
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