Navy And Merchant Marine Memorial Aluminum Sculpture Red Tulips Washington DC United States // WASHINGTON DC, United States — Red tulips bloom at the base of the Navy and Merchant Marine Memorial along the Potomac River, with the Washington Monument rising in the distant skyline. Sculpted by Ernesto Begni del Piatta and cast in aluminum, the 1934 monument depicts seven seagulls hovering above a cresting wave to honor American sailors lost at sea during World War I. The surrounding floral display features spring-blooming geophytes from the Tulipa genus, which rely on a biological process of col

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