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New Assault on WWII Memorial (USA Today)
By Brian Sharp, USA Today WASHINGTON – A new battle has erupted over the proposed World War II memorial, which critics say would infringe on views of other major monuments […]
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Opponents Find a Hitch in WWII Memorial Plans (The Los Angeles Times)
By Christopher Knight, The Los Angeles Times The controversial plan to build a World War II memorial on the National Mall in Washington took an unexpected turn Monday, as opponents […]
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Design for World War II Memorial awaits review, with detractors vocal (The New York Times)
By Irwin Molotsky, The New York Times WASHINGTON, July 16 – Fifty-five years after the last gun fell silent, a national monument to those who fought in World War II […]
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Ambush on the Mall (The Washington Post)
By Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post What is remarkable about public architecture in Washington is not that so much of it is so bad but that any of it is any […]
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New Objections Over Site, Design of WWII Memorial (Chicago Tribune)
By Michael Killian, Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON — As the nation prepared to observe Tuesday’s 56th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings in Normandy, a civic watchdog group urged Congress on Monday to […]
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Varied Visions of Embattled War Memorial (The Washington Post)
By Marc Fisher, The Washington Post In the battle royal over where to put the World War II Memorial, I was trying to decide which side I was on: Pierre […]
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The Battle of the Mall (The Washington Post)
By Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post William Jefferson Clinton managed to weasel his way out of military service in Vietnam, but that did not prevent him from sending American armed forces […]
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Veteran Group is Waging Battle to Block World War II Memorial (Wall Street Journal)
By Rudy Kleysteuber, Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON – A veterans group is launching a television campaign to protest the construction of a World War II memorial on the National Mall, […]
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Battle Surfaces Over War Memorial (The Associated Press)
By Caren Benjamin, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – As World War II recedes into history, a battle is shaping up over where to put a memorial to the men […]
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Comments: Monuments (Editorial by The Wall Street Journal)
Talk about closing the barn door. Officials in Washington have finally decided the National Mall is full. Last week a Joint Task Force on Memorials recommended that no more statues, […]
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