In a solemn, simple ceremony at 11 a.m., 13 years to the minute after the armistice ending World War I went into effect, Hoover dedicated the pristine District of Columbia War Memorial to more ...

(AP, ABC7) - The long cracked and neglected District of Columbia War Memorial honoring World War I veterans on the National Mall reopened after a $2.3 million renovation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Restoration work is set to begin next month on the cracked and neglected District of Columbia War Memorial, which honors World War I veterans on the National Mall. The National ...

Elsewhere in the city, the District of Columbia War Memorial commemorates the more than 26,000 WWI soldiers who were residents of D.C. It was built in 1931.

WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL OPENS TO THE PUBLIC IN WASHINGTON -- ONE DAY AFTER LOUD FLYOVER DURING DEDICATION EDWIN FOUNTAIN: Well, it began with my interest in the District of Columbia War Memorial.

Proponents of a national World War I memorial earlier called for turning the District of Columbia War Memorial on the Mall -- which honors D.C. residents who fought in the war -- into a national ...

Let the District of Columbia War Memorial continue to serve its original purpose, the commemoration of Washingtonians who fought in World War I. Christopher T. George, Baltimore Comments ...