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This is a list of World War I monuments and memorials. There are numerous World War I monuments and memorials in various countries. ... Indiana World War Memorial Plaza;
The World War I Memorial Act of 2014 (S. 2264; H.R. 4489), was introduced by McCaskill in the Senate and Cleaver in the House. [44] Similar to the Poe legislation, the bills designated the Liberty Memorial as "a 'World War I Museum and Memorial'" and authorized a World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C, as "a 'World War I Museum and Memorial.'"
World War II memorials in the United States (2 C, 54 P) Pages in category "Military monuments and memorials in the United States" The following 104 pages are in this category, out of 104 total.
On the eve of World War I there were no traditions of nationally commemorating mass casualties in war. France and Germany had been relatively recently involved in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 to 1871. Germany had built a number of national war memorials commemorating their victory, usually focusing on celebrating their military leaders. [1]
Two more major memorials were added prior to World War I: The Confederate Monument in 1914, [17] and the USS Maine Memorial in 1915. [18] Another nine memorials, most of them commemorating World War I, were added in the 1920s and 1930s. This included the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which was dedicated on November 11, 1921.
Pages in category "World War I memorials in the United States" The following 80 pages are in this category, out of 80 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Originally intended for Cold-War air defense of the continental U.S. airspace, with the fall of the Berlin Wall the ADF lost a clear mission, and most were mothballed starting from 1994. Some mothballed ADFs were later exported to Jordan (12 -A and 4 -B models) and Thailand (15 -A and 1 -B), while 30 -A and 4 -B models were leased to Italy from ...
The squadron is a descendant organization of the World War I 5th Aviation School Squadron (later 119th Aero Squadron), established on 5 June 1917. It was reformed on 30 January 1930, as the 119th Observation Squadron , and is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World ...