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Top 3 Picks for Family Labor Day DC Museum Visits

MuseumsAugust 29, 2025440Views 0Likes 0Comments

A long holiday weekend is the perfect time to take your family on a trip to DC. Here are our top three museum and exhibit recommendations to visit during Labor Day. 1) Air and Space Museum Exhibit Recommendation: World War I: The Birth of Military Aviation Quentin Roosevelt was shot down July 1, 1918, over…

A Memorable Memorial Day with DC’s Newest WWI Sculpture

MemorialsMay 23, 20251KViews 0Likes 0Comments

This Memorial Day, bring your family to visit the newest war memorial in Washington, DC – the National World War I Memorial. This modern memorial, next to the White House, centers on a monumental sculpture titled "A Soldier's Journey". It depicts a father's path from home to war, coming back transformed. Over 116,000 American soldiers…

The Glory of “A Soldier’s Journey”

MemorialsSeptember 30, 2024450Views 0Likes 0Comments

The bronze sculpture installed and unveiled this month in DC is glorious. Here are three reasons why. Photo courtesy of the National Park Service A Testament to the Human Experience This large sculpture is located at the National World War I Memorial, just across the street from the White House. The narrative bronze art captures the…

DC’s Competing WWI Memorials

MemorialsMay 18, 2024613Views 0Likes 0Comments

A sixty-foot-long bronze sculpture with 38 figures is going up here in downtown Washington, DC. Sculptor Sabin Howard focuses on the journey of a WWI survivor in his developing, monumental sculpture. Set in Pershing Park, next to the White House, it will reimagine our WWI memorial. People gravitate to sculpted human figures, not stark, theoretical…

Remembering WWI with a New Memorial

Exhibit, MemorialsApril 6, 2024757Views 0Likes 0Comments

One hundred and seven years ago, we entered WWI when Congress declared war on Germany. The terrible effects of this war resulted in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. It also gave us the DC War Memorial built by local Washington DC residents to honor local casualties. Now, a new monument…

Lost at Sea Remembered in DC

MemorialsNovember 11, 2022436Views 0Likes 0Comments

When the guns of WWI fell silent on November 11, 1918, these United States of America had been at war for just one year. Some local soldiers didn't return to victory parades. Only their names appeared, carved on the DC War Memorial. The WWI Memorial in DC John Francis Moriarty enlisted in the Navy. He was…