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[ph0ebus]

Hi all,

For those who may not be aware, the United States does not presently have a National Great War/WWI Memorial.  Recently it was advocated that the Washington DC Great War Memorial be renamed and rededicated as the National Memorial, but that idea is now meeting with stiff resistance from not just lawmakers but Veterans as well:

City leaders oppose nationalizing D.C. WWI memorial

The Memorial as it looks today:



The call for the creation of a National memorial,, long overdue, picked up a full head of steam with the Frank Buckles World War I Memorial Act, the text of which you can read here:

H.R. 938: Frank Buckles World War I Memorial Act

Personally, I agree that a local memorial to specific local men should not be co-opted for the sake of an easy job of creating a National Memorial.  I know times are tough but I have every confidence there is the will and resources to create a new, suitable memorial of quality and prominence equal to or surpassing those for other conflicts in the Washington DC area.

Thoughts?

-Daniel

[khaki]

D,C is overflowing with statues and memorials some of which  no longer have the impact they once did, I would rather see the National World War One Museum in Kansas City MO, an active and educational center be considered as a site for a memorial for WW1.
khaki

[ph0ebus]

An update from today's news feed on this issue:

Congressman abandons plan to ‘nationalize’ D.C. WWI memorial

-Daniel

[egbert]

Q: what is the reason the USA did not built and commemorate WW1 since 93 years in contrast to all the other conflicts and wars they erected memorials for?

[John Hartley]

Good decision, IMO.

Mrs H and I had the pleasure to visit this memorial in the company of my Forum friend, BottsGreys. It is clearly a memorial to local people, with names suitably inscribed. If the US wants a national memorial then go build one.