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National Park Service Restoration Plan is Online

I love the aerial shot!To access the document on-line, click here:http://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?parkID=427&projectId=26513&documentID=29688If that doesn't work, go to http://parkplanning.nps.gov/ and follow these steps:Under "Choose a Park", select National Mall and Memorial Parks, and click…See More
Oct 9, 2009
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Seventy-Fourth Annual Commemorative Observance on May 17, 2009

Today's Annual Observance at the Memorial honored war dead from the District of Columbia who fought in all national wars.According to the program, "the District of Columbia World War Memorial and May Day Corporation of The American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary, Forty & Eight and Eight & Forty was authorized to be incorporated by a resolution adopted by the 1940 Conventions of the four organizations named, for the purpose of…See More
May 17, 2009

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National Park Service Restoration Plan is Online

I love the aerial shot!



To access the document on-line, click here:



http://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?parkID=427&projectId=26513&documentID=29688





If that doesn't work, go to http://parkplanning.nps.gov/ and follow these steps:



Under "Choose a Park",… Continue

Posted on October 9, 2009 at 11:48am

Seventy-Fourth Annual Commemorative Observance on May 17, 2009

Today's Annual Observance at the Memorial honored war dead from the District of Columbia who fought in all national wars.





According to the program, "the District of Columbia World War Memorial and May Day Corporation of The American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary, Forty & Eight and Eight & Forty was authorized to be incorporated by a resolution adopted by the 1940… Continue

Posted on May 17, 2009 at 7:14pm

Washington Post Op-Ed, "The Forgotten War Memorial"

D.C. Preservation League Executive Director Rebecca Miller and volunteer Christopher Armstrong's article in the July 6, 2008, Washington Post.

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Posted on July 7, 2008 at 9:30am

Overview

The memorial is a domed peristyle Doric temple in a grove of trees in Washington’s West Potomac Park. It was dedicated by President Herbert Hoover in 1931 to honor Washington residents who served in World War I.



A list of Washingtonians who served in The Great War is preserved in the cornerstone. The base of the memorial is inscribed with the names of those who died. Significantly for the era, the names were placed regardless of race or gender.



Today, the memorial is… Continue

Posted on March 25, 2008 at 8:00pm

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