The Liberty Memorial, Kansas City's largest monument, is pictured in a dramatic night scene on a postcard published in color for the Fred Harvey newsstand in Union Station. The card was mailed 55 years ago with a red two-cent stamp. The legend on the reverse side of the card reads: Overlooking Union Station from a commanding site on Memorial Hill stands Kansas City's Memorial built by popular subscription at a cost of approximately two and one half million dollars. The corner was laid in 1921 in the presence of General Pershing and the military leaders of the various Allied nations. In 1926 the completed structure was dedicated by President Coolidge. It was designed by Harold Van Buren Magonigle, New York architect. The two buildings pictured contain war relics and murals. Memory Hall, the east building, contains four murals. On the north wall is Pantheon de la Guerre, originally designed and painted during World War I by a group of French artists. Daniel MacMorris, a Kansas City artist, made the restoration. On the west wall is a mural depicting the dedication of the memorial, a group portrait of the five allied commanders in World War I. Two side panels, both painted in 1970, honor gold and blue star mothers. The east wall contains the mural In Memorium by Jules Guerin. Kansas City Times, August 24, 1984.
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