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World War I is remembered and commemorated by various war memorials, including civic memorials, larger national monuments, war cemeteries, private memorials and a range of utilitarian designs such as halls and parks, dedicated to remembering those involved in the conflict. Huge numbers of memorials were built in the 1920s and 1930s, with around ...
Carmel-by-the-Sea World War I Memorial Arch. Century Tower (University of Florida) The Dalles Civic Auditorium. District of Columbia War Memorial. Dover Patrol Monument. Elks National Veterans Memorial. Equestrian statue of Joan of Arc (Portland, Oregon) Indiana World War Memorial Plaza. International World War Peace Tree.
W. Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial. Washington Avenue Soldier's Monument and Triangle. Washington Heights-Inwood War Memorial. Winged Victory (Lewis) World War I Memorial (Atlantic City, New Jersey) World War I Memorial (Berwick, Pennsylvania) World War I Memorial (Boston)
It was the French sculptor Paul Moreau-Vauthier who had the idea in 1920 of putting down a series of stone markers all along the front line as it was after the victory at the Second Battle of the Marne on 18 July 1918, this front line running from the North Sea to the Swiss border. The markers are carved from pink granite and are no more than ...
District of Columbia 38°53′N77°01′W / 38.89°N 77.02°W / 38.89; -77.02 (Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial) September 17, 2020. 3.39 acres (0.0137 km 2) Dwight D. Eisenhower was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II and President of the United States in the 1950s.
The National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri was opened in 1926 as the Liberty Memorial. In 2004, it was designated by the United States Congress as the country's official war memorial and museum dedicated to World War I. A non-profit organization manages it in cooperation with the Kansas City Board of Parks and ...
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.
In front of the monument, and sloping downhill, lies the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, with 16,142 graves. It was initiated in 1923 by Verdun veteran André Maginot, who would later create the Maginot Line. The ossuary was officially inaugurated on 7 August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun.