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Comments: WWII Memorial Circle of Remembrance FDR D-Day Plaque and Redesign
Dear Chair Tsien and Commissioners: The National Mall Coalition has not commented publicly about the changes to the Circle of Remembrance component of the WWII Memorial in the past; we […]
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Afterlife for the World War II Memorial?
Whatever else you can say about the World War II (WWII) Memorial on the National Mall, it’s surely obvious that its siting, on the filled-in marshland of the Potomac River, was questionable at best.
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New Monument Proposed on the Mall to Honor Veterans of the Global War on Terror
Is such a memorial premature, given we are still engaged in our country’s longest running conflict with no end in sight?
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Photo Gallery: History of National World War II Memorial
A collection of photographs highlighting the building, dedication and appreciation of the National World War II Memorial located on the National Mall in Washington D.C.
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Some Vets Opposing WII Memorial (The Atlanta Constitution)
By Miriam A. Garcia, The Atlanta Constitution Washington – A group of World War II veterans said Monday they oppose building a memorial between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln […]
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Wrong Thing, Wrong Time (Editorial by The Los Angeles Times)
Thursday’s meeting of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts has been moved from a small conference room to an Interior Department auditorium, one measure of a growing tumult over the […]
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Post: Veterans Day and the World War II Memorial
This article about the World War II Memorial ran in yesterday’s (November 12th) Washington Post. The online story includes a photograph of the partially completed Memorial:
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Post: Moore Writes ‘Bridging the Difference On Memorials And the Mall’
In an essay published in yesterday’s (Sunday, November 9th) Washington Post on the “Close to Home” page, local architect Arthur Cotton Moore offered a novel approach to future memorializing on the Mall (see below).
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Post Letter: Zigzagging Across the Mall
Letter to the editor regarding Coalition Chair Judy Scott Feldman’s article in the Washington Post “We Must Save America’s Mall”.
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Update of Washington Monument/WWII Memorial/MLK Plaque
Today’s update is a veritable newsletter to fill you in on the past month:
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