Articles by Steven Gilchrist

Fall River, MA. -  The Iwo Jima Memorial is located at the Veterans Bicentennial Park in Fall River, Massachusetts.   Dedicated in 2005, the Iwo Jima Memorial is a duplicate of the United States Marine Corps War Memorial in Washington, D.C.   The U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial was sculpted by Felix de Weldon and designed by Horace W. Pealee.   The Marine Corps War Memorial was based upon a 1945 photograph of six Marines raising the U.S. flag at the top of Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II.   The photograph was taken by Associated Press Photographer Joe Rosenthal.   The Marines depicted in the photograph were: Sgt. Michael Strank, Corporal Harlon Block, PFC Rene Gagnon, PFC Ira Hayes, PFC Harold Schultz, and PFC Franklin Sousley.   Iwo Jima Memorial - Fall River, Massachusetts

Charles Brigham (1841 – 1925) was an American architect who designed several buildings in New England.   Brigham also served as a sergeant in the Union Army during the American Civil War.   Along with fellow American architect John Hubbard Sturgis, Brigham co-designed the original Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts.   Brigham’s other notable architectural designs include: the 1898 annex to the Massachusetts State House in Boston; the 1906 The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston; and numerous residential buildings.   Brigham also designed the Watertown, Massachusetts town seal.