Today we continue at the National Iwo Jima Memorial, on the line between New Britain and Newington. Dedicated on February 23, 1995, exactly 50 years after the flag was raised on Mount Suribachi, this memorial is a sculptural recreation of that flag-raising; the moment captured in the photograph that became one of the most recognized images of World War II. It stands here in Connecticut, over 7,400 miles away from the island of Iwo Jima, so that the memory of those who served there would have a p