Thursday, November 12, 2009

National Monument ( Tugu Peringatan or Tugu Negara)


National Monument
1) Suggested by 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
2) Designed & built by American sculptor - Felix De Weldon
3) Year 1966
4) Height ; 15.54 metres
5) Seven bronze human figures, atop an oblong base; each figure denoting one of seven qualities:
Courage, Leadership, Sacrifice, Strength, Suffering, Unity and Vigilance.


Cost : RM 600,000

5 years to complete

As a remembrance for the sacrifice of the armed forces against the communist insurgents and those killed during WW2


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