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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.
Resting on concrete foundations, the 4-foot (1.2 m) high marble base defines a platform, 43 feet 5 inches (13.23 m) in diameter, intended for use as a bandstand. Twelve 22-foot (6.7 m) tall fluted Doric marble columns support the entablature and dome. Preserved in the cornerstone is a list of 26,000 Washingtonians who served in the Great War.
The list includes overseas Russian airbases including those in Russian occupied Crimea. It can be compared with the List of Soviet Air Force bases; virtually no new airbase construction has taken place since 1991. The main air armies are the: 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army which is part of the Southern Military District
The First Division Monument is located in President's Park, south of State Place Northwest, between 17th Street Northwest and West Executive Avenue Northwest in Washington, DC, United States. The Monument commemorates those who died while serving in the 1st Infantry Division of the U.S. Army of World War I and subsequent wars. [1]
Troops of the Russian 102nd Military Base at Republic Square, Yerevan during the 2016 Armenian Independence Day military parade. This article lists military bases of Russia abroad. The majority of Russia's military bases and facilities are located in former Soviet republics; which in Russian political parlance is termed the "near abroad".
Newseum, founded 1997 in Rosslyn, Virginia, moved to Washington in 2008, closed December 2019 and is currently seeking new location. [18] Washington Doll's House and Toy Museum, founded in 1975, closed 2004. [19] [20] Washington Gallery of Modern Art; USS Barry (DD-933), opened as a museum ship in 1984, closed in 2015 [21]
Buildings T and U were demolished in 1958 to make way for the construction of the National Museum of American History. [11] The buildings near 7th Street were demolished beginning in 1966. [12] Building E was the last temporary building on the Mall to be demolished, in 1971; part of the National Air and Space Museum would occupy its spot. [13] [14]
In 1998, the building was designated as the Russian Cultural Center by a bilateral agreement. [2] The center opened on December 10, 1999, with an announcement by Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space. [2] Since at least 2001, the center has organized all-expenses-paid cultural exchange trips to Russia for young Americans. [3]