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On April 29, 2004, the World War II Memorial opened in Washington, D.C., to recognize the 16 million U.S. men and women who served in the war. The memorial is located on 7.4 acres on the former site of the Rainbow Pool at the National Mall between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. The granite and bronze monument features fountains between arches symbolizing hostilities in Europe and the Far East. The arches are flanked by semicircles of pillars, one each for the states, territories and the District of Columbia. A curved wall of 4,000 gold stars represents one of every 100 Americans killed in the war. Though the federal government donated $16 million to the memorial fund, it took more than $164 million in private donations to get it built. Four million World War II veterans were living at the time, with more than 1,100 dying every day, according to government records.
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