The World War II Memorial was dedicated on May 29, 2004. Over the span of four days, a Grand Reunion of Veterans dedicated the World War 2 Memorial in Washington DC. The memorial is a dedication ...

Earlier this year, the National Park Service discovered two cracks — one along the Atlantic arch and one in the District of Columbia pillar — in the National World War II Memorial in ...

President Bill Clinton and others participated in a ground-breaking ceremony for a monument to World War II veterans. They talked about the valor and sacrifices of World War II veterans and ...

A crack is seen in rear right column of the Atlantic granite arch at the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2019.

The memorial honors the 16 million — including more than 350,000 women — who served in the armed forces of the U.S. during World War II, the more than 400,000 who died, and the millions who ...

Six decades after they marched off to war, World War II veterans will finally get a memorial on the National Mall. "I sincerely hope this is the last legislative action Congress will have to take ...

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the infamous 1995 Chicago heat wave​, which took 739 lives. One of them was a World ...

World War II Memorial Opens Seventeen years after it was proposed and three years after ground was broken, the National World War II Memorial opens in Washington. NPR's Bob Edwards reports on the ...

Participants in an Honor Flight from Kansas tour the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., on the 79th anniversary of the start of the D-Day invasion, Tuesday, June 6, 2023.