The National Mall has memorials for all the major U.S. conflicts of the 20th Century, except The First World War.
On Tuesday, the World War I Centennial Commission announced they had chosen “The Weight of Sacrifice” as the final design for the memorial. It will cost and estimated $35 million and must be entirely privately funded.
I’m sure all the WW1 veterans will be honored.
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(Meant to say “feel honored”.)
Are there any WWI vets still alive?
Another wall? Lame.
They should’ve modeled it after the one in my home town of Kansas City – http://www.theworldwar.org
But they don’t make memorials like that anymore.
I wonder who the genius was that came up with the number system?
doubtful….they’d have to be at least 115 years old
whatever form this monument will take, it is a good thing that we, here now, can at least honor their sacrifice with a national tribute
Frank Buckles died in 2011, but he said he’d be there for the grand opening…
Probably should have marked my comment as sarcasm, but I figured everyone would do the math.
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Frank is still doing the math and he hasn’t given up….
I honestly wasn’t sure, but I figured some of the IOW’ers would know.
Grandpa Manderin on my father’s side fought in WWI. I’ll send you a pic of him BigFurHat. TOTAL ladies man. ?
They should have placed it on The Mall, as with the others (where the tourists are…where they will find it).
It’s “replacing” Pershing Park (a great little place to go ice skating and catch some shade in the summer.
And, yes, the wall (so-called “modern” design) sucks. No creativity.
I believe there are rules about monuments added to the National Mall and within sight of it, that requires them to be low and not disturb the landscape, so they end up doing mounds and walls.
They already have a wall memorial. Wouldn’t a trench be more appropriate? It’s a WWI memorial, after all.
So where’s that Chi-Com-style monstrosity to MLK located?
I find that idea strangely logical and compelling.