THE WORD MEMORIAL HAS MEMORY EMBEDDED IN IT. MEMORY IS A VERY VERY POWERFUL AND DYNAMIC THOUGHT. If MEMORY IS JUST SEEING PICTURES & WATCHING MOVIES, THE MEMORIAL LOSES ITS IMPORTANCE. A MEMORIAL SHOULD CAPTURE ALL THE SENSES OF THE VISITOR.IT IS NOT JUST TO STAGE DRAMAS OR EXHIBITION BUT TO SERVE A MUCH HIGHER PURPOSE. IT IS TO RETAIN THE MEMORY IN ITS SANCTUM, TO MAKE VISITORS REALIZE THE FEEL OF THE MEMORY, TO MAKE THEM FEEL WHAT WAS IT AT THAT TIME, TO MAKE THEM PROUD OF WHAT THEIR ANCESTORS HAD DONE, TO MAKE THEM WORK HARD AS THEIR ANCESTORS. THE MEMORIAL PLAYS A MUCH DEEPER ROLE IN OUR HEART RATHER THAN OUR MIND. IT WILL BE VERY DYNAMIC PLACE. IT WILL BE A PLACE FOR NEW THOUGHTS, PHILOSOPHIES, IDEAS, INVENTIONS SO IT SHOULD HAVE LIFE IN IT & SHOULD NOT BE LEFT BEHIND AS JUST A PIECE OF SCULPTURE. IN THIS ATTEMPT OF OURS ‘WALLS OF FREEDOM’, WE HAVE TRIED TO CREATE AN IRONY BETWEEN WALLS & FREEDOM.IF THERE ARE WALLS HOW CAN ONE BE FREE. SO TO BE FREE, ONE HAS TO BREAK THE WALLS. IN OUR DESIGN PEOPLE ACTUALLY BREAK THE WALLS & LEAVE CRACKS ON THE WALLS & STRUCTURE. WE HAVE TRIED TO ESTABLISH ALL THE CONNECTIONS WITH THE VISITOR RATHER THAN JUST BEING VISUAL. THIS ATTEMPT OF BREAKING THE WALL MAKES HIM REALIZE THE TOIL AND HARD WORK OF HIS ANCESTORS & INSTILL HIM WITH A FEELING OF PRIDE & INDEPENDENCE. THE MAIN ENTRY IS A 200 M LONG ROUTE, THE JOURNEY OF FAITH, OF WOODEN FRAMEON BOTH SIDES REPRESENTING PEOPLE AT THE TIME OF SLAVERY.BUT THEY ARE ALL INTERCONNECTED ,MEANS THEY ARE ONE NOW SO THIS PATHS LEADS THEM TO THE BREAKING OF THE WALL TO FREEDOM. THERE IS ALSO A PLACE FOR INTROSPECTION WHICH WILL ALSO BE A PLACE FOR OUTDOOR MEETINGS.THE INNER SANCTUM HAS A SCULPTURE OF THE REBUILDING PROCESS SHOWING THE GROWTH & PROSPERITY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN. WE HAVE NOT CHOSEN ANY SPECIFIC SITE FOR THE MEMORIAL BECAUSE THE MEMORIAL WILL MAKE SAME IMPACT IRRESPECTIVE OF THE SITE & CONTEXT. THE MEMORIAL WILL SERVE AS AN ICON FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS.