WWII Memorial Opens

By Roll Call Staff

Posted April 28, 2004 at 6:40pm

WWII Memorial Opens. Nearly six decades after America’s “Greatest Generation” won the war against Germany and Japan, the National World War II Memorial will be unveiled to the public at 9:30 a.m. today.

[IMGCAP(1)] Located on the Mall between 17th Street and the Reflecting Pool, the memorial will be officially dedicated Memorial Day weekend.

— Bree Hocking

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