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Stonehenge Ww-I Memorial Washington Analysis

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Stonehenge WW-I Memorial, Washington Stonehenge WW-I Memorial was built by the entrepreneur Sam Hill as a homage to the soldiers of Klickitat County, Washington who lost their lives during the World War-I. The designed chosen by him involved replicating the world famous Stonehenge as he was misinformed that Stonehenge was a sacrificial site. However, as far as the replication efforts go Sam Hill’s Stonehenge does not even hold a candle to the aesthetic beauty of the original Stonehenge. Moreover, Sam Hill’s Stonehenge structure (of series of stones joined together) presents a look of abandoned and ruined structure.

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