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capital, he said, and had just assumed such a memorial already existed there. “We had memorials to the other no- table three wars of the 20th century,”
he said.
After reading that notice announc-
ing the design competition, he said he went online to research WWI, includ- ing photos from the war that he found through the National Archives.
“The thing that pulled me in were the faces and the names and the stories of the young men I was looking at,” he said. “As somebody who grew up in a
quiet corner of Arkansas, I felt these people were kindred spirts. We came from small towns, we were roughly 25 years of age, some even five or six years younger, and we were experienc- ing the larger world for the first time in our lives. The fact that these were men and women who boldly stepped out into the world to defend countless others only cemented my admiration for them. Deciding to submit a design was one of the easiest choices I’ve ever had to make in my life.”
The centerpiece of the new memori-
al will feature a large bas relief bronze sculpture that follows a single Soldier through his own personal World War I experience, beginning with that Sol- dier leaving home, and his daughter handing him his helmet. Other scenes depict the Soldier marching off to war, fighting, and eventually return- ing home.
Other elements in the memorial will
include a pool and green space.
“I wanted to create something that would resonate with people the same way it did when I looked at those pho- tographs,” Weishaar said. “That some- how you could reach across time and touch the people of a generation past. Those people were real, they were cou- rageous, and they sacrificed everything for a better future. To everybody who
has ever served to protect this nation and to everybody who will visit this memorial, there will now be a new place to be reminded of the past and a new place to say thank you.”
The World War I Centennial Com- mission expects the new memorial to be dedicated Nov. 11, 2018, which is the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, marking the end of World War I.
Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Mark A. Milley speaks at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the National World War I Memorial at Pershing Park in Washington, D.C., Nov. 9, 2017. Construction of the memorial is expected to be completed in a year.
Army photograph by EJ Hersom
Army photograph by EJ Hersom
The official party, including Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Mark Milley, fourth from the right, breaks ground for the National World War I Memorial at Pershing Park in Washington, D.C., Nov. 9, 2017. Construction of the memorial is expected to be completed in a year.
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