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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.
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 .
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
National memorial is a designation in the United States for an officially recognized area that memorializes a historic person or event. [1] As of September 2020 the National Park Service (NPS), an agency of the Department of the Interior, owns and administers thirty-one memorials as official units and provides assistance for five more, known as affiliated areas, that are operated by other ...
The classically inspired Menin Gate in Ypres. 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.
World War I Memorial (Boston) World War I Memorial (East Providence, Rhode Island) World War I Memorial (Norfolk, Connecticut) World War I Memorial (Salem, Oregon) World War I Memorial Flagpole (Hawkins) World War I Monument; World War I Monument (Austin, Texas) World War I Veterans Memorial Highway; World War Memorial (Kimball, West Virginia)
The memorial sits on the grounds of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. After a two-year pandemic delay,… New memorial on National Mall pays tribute to ...
In 2014, Pershing Park was officially designated as the location for a National World War I Memorial. [7] Pershing Park is located on Pennsylvania Avenue, adjacent to the White House, and two blocks from the National Mall. Currently, there is a National World War I Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, though none exists in Washington, D.C.