Greek Temple Monument |
The temple, simple but graceful in lines, is a circular building, 124 feet in diameter, with walls and its 16 Doric columns of buff Indiana limestone. Open at the top, it has four entrances, facing, generally, the points of the compass. Its steps and paving between the columns are of light colored bluestone with rubbed finish. Within the walls the paving is of two colored slate, gray and black with planed finish. There are inscriptions on the exterior frieze (names of battles) and interior frieze (dedication). Above the exterior frieze circling the memorial are shields representing four branches of the military (army, navy, marines, aviation) repeated in a pattern. |