Monument: Get It Right

Re “WWII Monument Gets Key OK,” May 22: I don’t get it. Did the senators or representatives who approved legislation to proceed with the monument plan actually study the proposed design? Were they so zealous in placating the veterans’ lobby that they failed to see that the monument looks like it was drafted by Hitler’s architect, Albert Speer?

I thought the Allied victory in WWII was about safeguarding democracy against totalitarian forces. But the process, design and location for the monument and the congressional approval seem to be forcing the issue by means that are hardly democratic. A memorial is long overdue, but can’t we take a little more time and thought and get it right?

Patti Laursen

Los Angeles