Memorial and The Garden of the Missing

3D Model

The memorial area is organized around a 22-foot tall bronze statue, “The Spirit of American Youth Rising From the Waves,” facing west toward the headstones. The symbolic figure is a reminder of the youth of the D-Day troops and the heroism they displayed. The red granite base of the monument is encircled with bronze lettering with the inscription: MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF THE COMING OF THE LORD. The stones set in the memorial area floor are from Omaha Beach.

The memorial is flanked by a semicircular limestone colonnade; carved on the lintel is the inscription THIS EMBATTLED SHORE, PORTAL OF FREEDOM, IS FOREVER HALLOWED BY THE IDEALS, THE VALOR AND THE SACRIFICES OF OUR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN.

Behind the memorial area, the semicircular Walls of the Missing are inscribed with the names of 1,557 Americans who lost their lives in the invasion of Normandy.

LiDAR and photogrammetric data are available for this project at openheritage3D.org

https://openheritage3d.org/project.php?id=hk15-b859