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Around the picture the legend reads (in capitals) "He died for freedom and honour", or for the approximately 600 plaques issued to commemorate women, "She died for freedom and honour". [1] They were initially made at the Memorial Plaque Factory, 54/56 Church Road, Acton, W3, London [2] from 1919. Early Acton-made plaques did not have a number ...
The National World War I Memorial is a national memorial commemorating the service rendered by members of the United States Armed Forces in World War I.The 2015 National Defense Authorization Act authorized the World War I Centennial Commission to build the memorial in Pershing Park, located at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.
Approximately 2 million Germans and 1.3 million Frenchmen died during the war; 720,000 British soldiers died, 117,000 American soldiers were killed, and 61,000 Canadian, 60,000 Australian, and 18,000 New Zealand servicemen also died. [16] On the Eastern front, 300,000 Romanians died. [17]
The British were coming, and Bucks homeowners had to roll out the red carpet and foot the bill, no questions asked Redcoats of Revolutionary times had Bucks County citizens pay for army of ...
The cemetery was started in October, 1918, The architects were the York and Sawyer firm of New York City. The cemetery holds 14,246 graves of American soldiers who died in World War I. It includes 486 unknown soldiers. Wall panels on the Memorial Chapel record the names of 954 soldiers whose bodies were never found.
Mojave Memorial Cross; National World War I Memorial (Washington, D.C.) National World War I Museum and Memorial; Navy – Merchant Marine Memorial; Newton City Hall and War Memorial; Over the Top to Victory; Paragould War Memorial; Peace Cross; Rosedale World War I Memorial Arch; Sierra Madre Memorial Park; Soldiers and McKinley Memorial Parkways
World War I (also known as the First World War and the Great War) was a global military conflict that embroiled most of the world's great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the Entente and the Central Powers. [1] The immediate cause of the war was the June 28, 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro ...
The memorial was built to honor World War I service members who died in the war. It stands in West Potomac Park slightly off Independence Avenue in a memorial grove of trees. Authorized by an act of Congress on June 7, 1924, funds to construct the memorial were provided by the contributions of both organizations and individual citizens of the ...