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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 Ame… Continue

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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Click here: The Forgotten Tribute

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 seldom visited and in grea… Continue