Pardon me if this has already been discussed....

I was able to visit the memorial for the first time last weekend. I think it's a very solemn and appropriate structure BUT...
what is with the dried 'dripping paint' look on some of the brown panels (with the inscriptions and likenesses of the 12)?? You'd think they would've touched those up (to say the least) before adding them to the memorial.

Also on one of the panels (can't remember which one...maybe Frampton), the engraving reads "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" John 5:13. EXCUSE ME!?!?! Anybody who studies scripture and EVERYONE who was/is in the Corps knows that it's John 15:13. How was that allowed to pass 'inspection' before being added to the memorial??
Seems there was some shoddy workmanship and it pisses me off.

John 3:16

"Thirty years ago kids talked about their duties and responsibilities ... today they talk about their rights and privileges."

Pity bump.

I can't be the only one who's noticed these.

John 3:16

"Thirty years ago kids talked about their duties and responsibilities ... today they talk about their rights and privileges."

If true, then that is a shame.

The dripping paint is actually a patina added to the bronze to keep it from corroding. Unfortunately its extremely difficult to apply evenly to large flat surfaces. As far as the typos are concerned, the families submitted the text for the panels and the Univ. may not have proofread them as well as they should.

All that being said, you'll be happy to know that corrections and improvements are being discussed/arranged by the University. Your guess is as good as mine as to when they'll actually be completed.