District of Columbia War Memorial
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.jpg) District of Columbia War Memorial after Restoration (2014) |
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| location | Independence Ave. between 17th & 23rd Sts., Washington, DC , USA | ||
| Coordinates | 38 ° 53 ′ 15 " N , 77 ° 2 ′ 37" W. | ||
| Built | 1931 | ||
| architect | Frederick H. Brooke, Horace W. Peaslee, Nathan C. Wyeth |
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| Architectural style | Doric | ||
| NRHP number | 14000388 | ||
| The NRHP added | July 11, 2014 | ||
The District of Columbia War Memorial commemorates the citizens of the District of Columbia , in the First World War have served. The memorial is in West Potomac Park in a small forest near Independence Avenue. The monument, approved by a law of the Congress on June 7, 1924, was funded by Congress funds and private donations. Construction of the memorial began in the spring of 1931 and the inauguration was carried out by President Herbert Hoover on November 11 , 1931 ( Armistice Day ). It was the first memorial to be erected in West Potomac Park and it is the district's only local memorial on the National Mall.
The District of Columbia War Memorial, designed by Washington architect Frederick H. Brooke, with his partners Horace W. Peaslee and Nathan C. Wyeth, is 14.3 meters high. The 1.2 m high marble plinth resting on a concrete foundation delimits a platform 13.2 m in diameter, which was intended as an orchestra pavilion. In the cornerstone of the District of Columbia World War Memorial is a list of 26,000 Washingtoners who served in World War I. The base is engraved with the names of 499 District of Columbia citizens who lost their lives in the war. There are also medallions on the base, which represent the branches of the armed forces. The top part with the dome is supported by 12 columns that are 6.70 m high.
In September 2008, Texas Republican Ted Poe introduced a bill to Congress to expand the memorial and become a national World War I memorial.
The memorial is administered by the National Mall and Memorial Parks division of the National Park Service .
further reading
- Views of the National Parks - National Park Service.
- Historic American Buildings Survey (2005), No. HABS DC-857.
Web links
- DC Preservation League: Most Endangered Locations for 2003
- The Schumin Web Welcomes America: The DC War Memorial
- District of Columbia Service in World War One and the DC World War Memorial
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kansas City Star, September 23, 2008. Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 38 ° 53 '15 " N , 77 ° 2' 37" W.