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There are three main parts to the national monument: entry, assembly room, and shrine. The central assembly room contains an opening in the floor overlooking the sunken decks of the oil-seeping wreck. It is from this opening that visitors come to pay their respects by tossing flowers and leis in honor of the fallen soldiers. Every President of the United States since Franklin D. Roosevelt, and every Emperor of Japan since HirohitoHirohito , the Showa Emperor , ( April 29, 1901 January 7, 1989) reigned over Japan from 1926 to 1989. He was known in the West by his given name Hirohito (he had no surname). He was the 124th Emperor of Japan. His reign was the longest of all Japanese em, has made a pilgrimage to the site. The shrine is an open-air room that contains the names of all those killed on the USS Arizona, engraved on soft marble protected behind velvet ropes and armed guards. A new flag is hoisted each morning over the monument using a main mast recovered from the USS Arizona.
The national monument was designed by Alfred Preis . The structure has two peaks at each end connected by a sag in the center of the structure. It represents the height of American pride before the war, the sudden depression of a nation after the attack and the rise of American power to new heights after the war. The architecture of the USS Arizona Memorial is explained by Preis as, "Wherein the structure sags in the center but stands strong and vigorous at the ends, expresses initial defeat and ultimate victory. The overall effect is one of serenity. Overtones of sadness have been omitted to permit the individual to contemplate his own personal responses, his innermost feelings."
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