National Park Service allocates $7.3 million of stimulus funds for restoration of the DC War Memorial
04/22/09 Filed in: National Park Service
The Department of the Interior has announced that the National Park Service will spend $7.3 million on restoration of the District of Columbia War Memorial. Read More...
Encyclopedia Britannica features WWI Service Learning Project in support of the D.C. War Memorial renovation
03/11/09 Filed in: Education
Encyclopedia Britannica is helping to spread the mission of supporting the D.C. War Memorial to schools around the country. Read More...
Texas, Washington DC students show their support for a national World War I Memorial
03/07/09 Filed in: Events
On March 6-7, the Foundation hosted a very special event for students from Houston, TX and Washington, DC. Students from Creekwood Middle School outside Houston and from Capital City Public Charter School in Washington independently adopted the DC War Memorial as a cause ... Read More...
National Park Service plans for restoration of the DC War Memorial
02/26/09 Filed in: National Park Service | Document
The National Park Service has issued a "preliminary preferred alternative plan" for improvements to the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington. Read More...
Frank Buckles, last surviving American veteran of World War I, turns 108
02/03/09 Filed in: Events | Frank Buckles
Frank W. Buckles, of Charles Town, West Virginia, turned 108 on February 1. Mr. Buckles is the honorary chairman of the World War I Memorial Foundation, and the last surviving American veteran of the Great War. Read More...
Houston schoolchildren to support restoration and preservation of the DC War Memorial
01/17/09 Filed in: Events | David DeJonge
Creekwood Middle School in Houston, Texas, and Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) will host Foundation president David DeJonge and his exhibit of photographs of the world's last survivors of World War I on February 9, 2009. Read More...
