WWI Memorial Planned

The winner of the contest by the National World War One Centennial Commission to design a World War I Memorial is a 25-year-old architect-in-training who had never been to the nation's capital. His winning entry is a proposed revamp of Pershing Park in Washington, DC with sprawling green space atop memorial walls that tell the story of the Great War through the words and faces of the Americans who fought it. His partner in the project is New York sculptor Sabin Howard. The estimated cost of the new memorial is $48 million, which will come entirely from private donations. The goal for beginning construction is November 2017, with a dedication on the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, Nov. 11, 2018. For more information, visit the Wikipedia website.