The National D-Day Memorial / Elmon T. Gray Plaza from Estes, Victory Plaza
From the Memorial’s first day of operation, the figurative sculpture that enlivens the assault tableau in Elmon T. Gray Plaza has been one of its most compelling features. The work of Kansas artist Jim Brothers, those figures are central to the sculptural program’s first stage; so is the work of Matt Kirby, another Kansan, who sculpted the hedgehogs (i.e. the obstacles in the assault tableau) and the inverted M1 Garand Rifle emplaced on Robey W. Estes Plaza.
The National D-Day Memorial / Elmon T. Gray Plaza from Estes, Victory Plaza
From the Memorial’s first day of operation, the figurative sculpture that enlivens the assault tableau in Elmon T. Gray Plaza has been one of its most compelling features. The work of Kansas artist Jim Brothers, those figures are central to the sculptural program’s first stage; so is the work of Matt Kirby, another Kansan, who sculpted the hedgehogs (i.e. the obstacles in the assault tableau) and the inverted M1 Garand Rifle emplaced on Robey W. Estes Plaza.