To Count So High (Beacon), 2017

To Count So High (Beacon), 2017 (HM2CLK)

Location: Washington, DC 20012
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 58.603', W 77° 1.603'

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This year marks the centennial of the first armed forces personnel qualifying for a Purple Heart. Over the last century 1.9 million Americans have been awarded a Purple Heart for loss of life or injury in combat. To Count So High honors those individuals with a softly blinking light bulb, changing from purple to white every few minutes. Over the course of one year the bulbs will have collectively transitioned 1.9 million times, with each transition marking one recipient of a Purple Heart.

To find out more about this project visit: www.walterreeddreams.com

Funding for this piece has been provided by CulturalDC and the DC Office of Planning through their Crossing the Street Initiative which is funded by the Kresge Foundation.
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HM NumberHM2CLK
Series This marker is part of the Military Order of the Purple Heart series
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Year Placed2017
Placed ByCulturalDC, DC Office of Planning, Triden Development Group, Hines, Urban Atlantic
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, October 22nd, 2018 at 11:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 324437 N 4316146
Decimal Degrees38.97671667, -77.02671667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 58.603', W 77° 1.603'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 58' 36.18" N, 77° 1' 36.18" W
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Area Code(s)202
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 7125 Georgia Ave NW, Washington DC 20012, US
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