{"id":34321,"date":"2018-11-11T18:38:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T02:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=34321"},"modified":"2018-11-11T18:38:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T02:38:10","slug":"giant-poppies-light-up-liberty-memorial-in-kcmo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/11\/11\/giant-poppies-light-up-liberty-memorial-in-kcmo\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Poppies Light Up Liberty Memorial in KCMO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Liberty-Memorial_Poppies_00_Title-Small.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Liberty-Memorial_Poppies_00_Title-Small.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Liberty-Memorial_Poppies_00_Title-Small.png 480w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Liberty-Memorial_Poppies_00_Title-Small-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Liberty-Memorial_Poppies_00_Title-Small-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Liberty-Memorial_Poppies_00_Title-Small-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Liberty-Memorial_Poppies_00_Title-Small-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Liberty-Memorial_Poppies_00_Title-Small-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Liberty-Memorial_Poppies_00_Title-Small-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Liberty-Memorial_Poppies_00_Title-Small-64x64.png 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In commemoration of the 100<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary marking the end of World War I on November 11, a massive light show titled <em>\u201cPeace and Remembrance\u201d<\/em> has been created at the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, MO.<\/p>\n<p>For the past nine nights, to honor the nine million soldiers killed during the Great War, over 5,000 giant poppies have been projected on the 217\u2019 tall Liberty Tower and its massive base, the Great North Wall.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cruqUFzBrDI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Poppies have become the traditional hallmark of remembrance after Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae saw them growing in a battle-scorched field in Waregem, Belgium, which inspired him to write the poem <em>&#8220;In Flanders Fields&#8221;<\/em>.\u00a0 In fact, to enter the National World War I Museum at the Liberty Memorial, you walk over a glass bridge covering 9,000 poppies below.\u00a0 Each one of those poppies represents 1,000 soldiers of the 9 million who were killed in WWI.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Liberty-Poppies_Slideshow_x.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Liberty-Poppies_Slideshow_x.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"592\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month world leaders signed an Armistice ending four years of bloody battle in the \u201cWar to End All Wars\u201d. \u00a0To honor the signing, President Woodrow Wilson made November 11<sup>th<\/sup> Armistice Day in 1919. \u00a0Following World War II and the Korean War, President Dwight D. Eisenhower rededicated November 11 as Veterans Day.<\/p>\n<p>The over 5,000 poppies illuminating the Liberty Tower and Liberty Memorial base (part of the National World War I Museum park) are created by nearly 55 million pixels and 800,000 lumens.\u00a0 Every 15-minutes a special presentation is shown on the base displaying images and details about World War I.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Liberty-Poppies_Slideshow_1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Liberty-Poppies_Slideshow_1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The display is the work of DWP Live, a stage and special effects production company used by major artists including Adele and Beyonce as well as Super Bowl halftime shows.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the special commemoration, local artist Ada Koch created 117 intricate metal poppy sculptures displayed in the reflecting pool at the entrance to the Museum.\u00a0 Each one of the 117 poppies in the symbolic arrangement represents 1,000 Americans killed during the Great War.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Liberty-Poppies_Slideshow_A.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Liberty-Poppies_Slideshow_A.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"708\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Having joined the tens of thousands who\u2019ve had the joy of viewing, I hope it becomes an annual event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Liberty-Memorial_Poppies_00_Aerial-Small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Liberty-Memorial_Poppies_00_Aerial-Small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Liberty-Memorial_Poppies_00_Aerial-Small.jpg 853w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Liberty-Memorial_Poppies_00_Aerial-Small-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Liberty-Memorial_Poppies_00_Aerial-Small-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Liberty-Memorial_Poppies_00_Aerial-Small-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In commemoration of the 100th anniversary marking the end of World War I on November 11, a massive light show titled \u201cPeace and Remembrance\u201d has been created at the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, MO. 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