Dedicated in 1995, this memorial honors the U.S. military members who served in the Korean War (1950-53). More than 54,000 Americans were killed, while more than 100,000 others were wounded.
“With more than twelve thousand individual parts, including Canadian maple, Bavarian spruce, and Swedish steel, each piano takes nearly a year to assemble,” at the factory in Queens. Read more.
The delivery of seventeen brand-new grand pianos was “no ordinary U-Haul job”. As students and staff assisted with the movers, two trumpeters “played a fanfare, as if to greet an arriving monarch.” Read more.
