Benjamin Forgey says that James Ingo Freed’s legacy rings particularly true in the nation’s capital, where Freed’s vision for the Holocaust Museum became the cornerstone of the architect’s legacy. “As a man, [Freed] combined lots of complex opposites. He was incredibly intense yet delightfully considerate. He was brave — in the graceful way he refused to give in to the debilitation of Parkinson’s disease. His movements had almost a dancer’s grace. He was gentle yet fierce. His talents and growing independence, however, had been hidden. The Holocaust Museum changed that. It was, indubitably, Freed’s building from start to finish.”