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2 unusual facts about Korean War Veterans Memorial


Freedom isn't free

"Freedom Is Not Free" is engraved into one wall at the Korean War Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C..

Transformativeness

On February 25, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled 2-1 that sculptor Frank Gaylord, sculptor of a portion of the Korean War Veterans Memorial, was entitled to compensation when an image of the memorial was used on a 37 cent postage stamp, because he had not signed away his intellectual property rights to the sculpture when it was erected.


Frank Gaylord

Frank Chalfant Gaylord II (born March 9, 1925) is an American sculptor best known for "The Column", a group of sculptures of United States soldiers and sailors which is part of the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.


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