People ought to remember that this war made the US a world power. Overnight a world order based on hereditary crowned head rule went by the wayside, and war went from being
a glorious romp on horseback to a muddy heartbreaking slaughter.
Its sad to see the archival film of Tommies and doughboys headed for the front knowing that a good percentage would never see home or even have a known burial place.
I think we need the memorial for future generations. History is not being taught the way I’d like to see it handled in schools. The only thing that matters is diversity in the curriculum.
“It could certainly be argued that there should be a WW I Memorial.But,at most,only one of its honorees will ever see it.”
My father and father-in-law were both WWII vets but neither had the privilege of seeing the WWII Memorial in DC. By the time it was eventually built, neither was able to visit it.