Toured the National Mall today
My friend Tom drove his family up the coast, he lives in North Carolina, over Memorial Day weekend and visited most of the national monuments. I’m most interested in his photos of the World War Two national monument. In typical WWII veteran fashion the majority of the funds for the monument came from donations. $179 out of $195 million raised for the monument came from pledges and cash donations.
The site was dedicated by President G.W. Bush on Memorial day, withPresident Clinton, who signed the law that authorized the monument, also in attendance. The ceremony was attended by many WWII veterans including Bob Dole, George McGovern, and Tony Hillerman. One interesting fact that I learned about fmr. Senator McGovern is that he volunteered after his tour of duty, and for that matter the war itself, was over to deliver the leftover Allied rations and medical supplies to the German civilians. Getting a jump on the Marshall Plan.