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I had been to a number of veteran events put on by veteran service organizations that would remember past events and recognize past veterans and those who have fallen. They would skip right over this like it never happened, and I felt like that wasn\u2019t right. I put myself in the shoes of those Gold Star family members. How would I feel if my loved one\u2019s service was just basically overlooked? I felt like that was wrong, and that something had to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, the culmination of his 16-year battle with contracts, commissions, review agencies and countless authorization hurdles is finally coming to fruition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the Lincoln Memorial looming off in the distance and an expansive greenspace in the foreground, both Stump and Skip Graffam, lead design partner and lead landscape architect, emphasized the prime location of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndswm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">Desert Shield and Desert Storm Memorial<\/a> \u2014 23rd and Constitution Avenue \u2014 during a recent hard hat tour with Military Times and other members of the press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDuring a commission meeting, I stated we want something that is visible, but also \u2018visit-able,\u2019 and that\u2019s what we\u2019ve achieved here because the National Park Service has estimated that we conservatively are going to be receiving anywhere in the neighborhood of five to 6 million annual visitors. We didn\u2019t want to have something that people drove by and glanced at. We wanted people to come in and experience this memorial, and I believe we have hit the mark on that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe parade route for the victory parade of Desert Storm was down Constitution Avenue,\u201d Graffam added, \u201cwhich was the last parade since World War II took place right there. So again, that\u2019s why the site was so critical to the veterans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Noting that memorials along Constitution Avenue form a \u201ckind of charm bracelet,\u201d Graffam told reporters that he hopes the memorial \u201cis going to further encourage that kind of connection\u201d with the National Mall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The memorial itself, while still under construction, is slated to be open to the public on Oct. 24, 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Noting that veterans from the association went over \u201cevery inch of belt buckle, machine gun sight and chin strap\u201d for accuracy, the design itself conjures up the impression of a sandstorm and mirrors the famous \u201cLeft Hook\u201d maneuver where Lt. Gen. John Yeosock sent the XVIII Airborne Corps deep inside Iraq to block the Iraqi forces\u2019 northern escape. The spiral pattern, Graffam notes, is meant to portray the \u201ckinetic movement\u201d of the campaign. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The memorial\u2019s stone \u2014 mined in Brazil \u2014 gives off the appearance of barchan dunes found specifically in the Kuwaiti desert. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s kind of flat light here, but you would see it sparkle when it rains,\u201d Graffam told Military Times. \u201cIt\u2019ll actually get really kind of a dark tan, and then it dries out. In the afternoon, one of the reasons why we oriented the description wall there, [is that] you get the afternoon sunlight and [it] turns it gold. It\u2019s really cool. \u2026It\u2019s really interesting to see it react to life. I threw a bucket of water on it, you\u2019d be like, \u2018wait, that\u2019s not the same thing.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Replete with a dune-scape \u201coasis\u201d and carved, built-in stone seats, both Graffam and Stump urge visitors to take in the memorial at all times of day \u2014 but especially at night when the memorial\u2019s stone is lit up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the center of the memorial, a large, burnished \u201cunity\u201d shield replete with the Al-Arfaj, Kuwait\u2019s national flower, commemorates the shared effort of the coalition, with the names of the 36 other nations who were involved in the fight. 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