WW1 Museum

My parents are great about trying to spend quality time with each of the kids while they visit us.  Brevan really looks forward to his time with Grandma and Grandpa, so he thought hard about what place would interest both him and his grandparents.  He chose to visit the World War 1 Museum in Kansas City, since he had never been there before.  It was a fascinating museum, since I really don't know much about the first World War.  The collection of items and information is extensive, and Brevan could have stayed there all day if we'd let him!  Logan and I tagged along on their visit, since we were already going to be in KC for orthodontist appointments on this morning.

When you first enter the museum, you pass over a glass bridge and walk above these 9,000 poppies.  Each poppy represents 1,000 people who died in the war.  This picture isn't a great representation of the amount of poppies, because it's quite the site when you walk over them.

My Dad has such a bad back that he had to borrow a wheelchair to be able to tour the museum.  It was a sad sight for me.  I don't like realizing my parents are getting older.  He's such a trooper, though, and is very good at maneuvering that thing!

We decided to climb to the top of the 217 foot tower, to have a panoramic view of the city.  An elevator took us up most of the way and then we climbed 45 steps.  It was INCREDIBLY windy this day!

After running around on the rooftop for a few minutes, Logan said, "Let's go back down.  There's nothing to see here."  That's when I realized that he couldn't see anything from his point of view, so I picked him up and showed him the view.  He was quite surprised at the world around him!

There are two enourmous sphinxes outside the museum, both covering their eyes with their wings.  One represents Memory and the other represents Future.  Memory is hiding her face from the horrors of war, and Future is hiding it's face because it is not able to see what lies ahead.

This view shows the four stone figures at the top of the memorial, which represent courage, honor, patriotism and sacrifice.