I have read the thread of comments and here is where we are at: The National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission 1) completely and in an unprofessional way downed and trampled on the professional presentation of the organization trying to build the Adams Family Memorial calling them something to the extent of: “you are like children coming back to us again and wasting out time.” Even though they are required by law to get their approval. 2)I testified before the commission following the Adams Family Organization. This was the 4th time our organization testified for the need for a memorial on the National Mall to WWI. And for the first time in history several members made a motion to create a site selection for an adequate WWI Memorial.

This was immediately tabled and replaced by the NPS- Peter May and the American Battle and Monuments Commission who literally moved to put a sign up at the duck pond of Pershing Park and name it the National WWI Memorial without public input.

We currently have HR 222 on the books and are assessing another bill for introduction. HR 6364 was rejected on New years Eve when Senator Toomey (r) Pennsylvania objected to a memorial to the WWI Veterans. In turn they stripped the bill of the name “Frank Buckles Memorial Bill” and created a commission for Kansas City which passed by voice vote at about 10pm on New Years Eve.

Europe has allocated more than a billion dollars to commemorate the anniversary replacing all gravestones, repairing all monuments and creating massive celebrations. America has an unfunded Centennial commission.

We are currently completing the film Pershing’s Last Patriot the Frank Buckles story that gets into more details about this.

We need help. We need help financially and by people with connections to move the government in this matter or it will most likely continually be kicked down the road until we go away. We have no plans to do so as we intend to honor our heroes.

David DeJonge
President, WWI Memorial Foundation

The George Gordon Meade Memorial
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gordon_Meade_Memorial

Winfield Scott Hancock Memorial
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Winfield_Scott_Hancock_%28Ellicott%29

The Old Pension Bureau (now the National Building Museum). This monumental structure was built by Quartermaster General Montgomery Meigs in 1887 and the frieze along the exterior of Union soldiers on the march is just beautiful. The building is monument to all Union veterans.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Building_Museum

Another favorite spot is Congressional Cemetery, which was THE place for military and political figures of the early to mid 19th century to be buried. This was before Arlington National Cemetery was established. I visit once a year and pay my respects to CW notables Andrew Humphreys, William Emory, Alfred Pleasonton, and Mathew Brady and War of 1812 heroes like Jacob Brown and Alexander Macomb. Lincoln conspirator David Herold is buried in an unmarked plot in the Herold family plot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Cemetery

Todd Berkoff