Fictional Portrayals
- Silence of the Lambs had the hall fill in for the "Memphis Courthouse" scenes, including the escape scene. All were filmed completely at Soldiers & Sailors.
- Sorority Row had its graduation scenes filmed at the hall.
- Dog Jack shot many scenes at the Memorial and hosted its premier in the Museum.
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The bronze work America (1910) by Charles Keck sits above the entrance to the memorial
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The cast bronze Lookout (1923) by Frederick Hibbard on the memorial grounds.
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Cast bronze Parade Rest (1923) by Frederick Hibbard on the memorial grounds.
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World War II torpedo monument outside of the memorial
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Bell from the heavy cruiser USS Pittsburgh (CA-72)
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The 2,300 seat auditorium, which includes a stage backdropped by the Gettysburg Address, holds events and concerts throughout the year.
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Barack Obama with Senator Bob Casey, Jr. in the auditorium in 2008.
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A death mask of Abraham Lincoln on display in the museum
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Interior hallway with military uniforms and equipment on display
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A bow ornament from the USS Pennsylvania
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Famous quotes containing the words fictional and/or portrayals:
“One of the proud joys of the man of letters—if that man of letters is an artist—is to feel within himself the power to immortalize at will anything he chooses to immortalize. Insignificant though he may be, he is conscious of possessing a creative divinity. God creates lives; the man of imagination creates fictional lives which may make a profound and as it were more living impression on the world’s memory.”
—Edmond De Goncourt (1822–1896)
“We attempt to remember our collective American childhood, the way it was, but what we often remember is a combination of real past, pieces reshaped by bitterness and love, and, of course, the video past—the portrayals of family life on such television programs as “Leave it to Beaver” and “Father Knows Best” and all the rest.”
—Richard Louv (20th century)