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The National World War I Memorial is a national memorial commemorating the service rendered by members of the United States Armed Forces in World War I.The 2015 National Defense Authorization Act authorized the World War I Centennial Commission to build the memorial in Pershing Park, located at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.
Soon after World War I ended, a group of 40 prominent Kansas City residents formed the Liberty Memorial Association (LMA) to create a memorial to those who had served in the war. For president, they chose lumber baron and philanthropist Robert A. Long , who had personally donated a large sum of money. [ 6 ]
It is now the National World War I Memorial Urban Park — the $40 million project of the World War I Centennial Commission (the war ended Nov. 11, 1918) and paid for largely through donations.
Mojave Memorial Cross; National World War I Memorial (Washington, D.C.) National World War I Museum and Memorial; Navy – Merchant Marine Memorial; Newton City Hall and War Memorial; Over the Top to Victory; Paragould War Memorial; Peace Cross; Rosedale World War I Memorial Arch; Sierra Madre Memorial Park; Soldiers and McKinley Memorial Parkways
After years of preparation, the completed National World War I Memorial, featuring a 60-foot-long bronze relief sculpture dramatizing the horrors of war, will be unveiled this month in Washington ...
Stacie Peterson, director of exhibitions and collections at the National WWI Museum and Memorial, shows an historical office memo during the unveiling ceremony of a 100-year-old time capsule at ...
War memorial in East Ilsley, restored in 2008, and featuring combined original list of World War I and later World War II names [334] Elsewhere, changes in post-war politics impacted considerably on the memorials. in Belgium, the Flemish IJzertoren tower had become associated with Fascism during the Second World War and was blown up in 1946 by ...
Each tree is accompanied by a small concrete marker with a bronze plate. The markers are about six to eight inches tall, with a sloping top and a bronze plate. Each plate bore a dead service member's name, their branch of service, and the words "Memorial Tree, World War, 1917-18."