BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Pershing Park (became National World War I Memorial in 2021)

DC -- Pershing Park (became National World War I Memorial in 2021):

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. PERSH_020930_13.JPG: Pershing Park. This honors General John "Black Jack" Pershing who commanded the American forces in World War I.
2. PERSH_021021_12.JPG: The Willard Inter-Continental Hotel was originally opened in 1816. (This particular version of it was built in 1901 and then refurbished and reopened in 1986.) This was the hotel that Abraham Lincoln stayed in before he was inaugurated in 1861. Staying here after the first battle of Manassas, Julia Ward Howe reworked the words for a popular song called "John Brown's Body" and created "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". Also during the Civil War, the growth in government contracts resulted in lots of businesspeople staying here, waiting in the lobbies to button-hole government officials. Ulysses Grant coined the term "lobbyists" to describe them. Martin Luther King Jr also stayed here the night before his "I Have A Dream" speech, making last-minute changes here. It is also said that the term "What this country needs is a good five-cent cigar" was coined here by a government official who tried to buy a cigar here and found them to be too expensive.
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Wikipedia Description: National World War I Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
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The National World War I Memorial is a national memorial commemorating the service rendered by members of the United States Armed Forces in World War I. The 2015 National Defense Authorization Act authorized the World War I Centennial Commission to build the memorial in Pershing Park, located at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. The park, which has existed since 1981, also contains the John J. Pershing General of the Armies commemorative work. In January 2016, the design commission selected the submission "The Weight of Sacrifice", by a team consisting of Joseph Weishaar, Sabin Howard, Phoebe Lickwar, and GWWO Architects, as the winning design, which is expected to be completed by 2024.

On April 16, 2021, the flag was raised at the memorial and President Biden spoke at a virtual ceremony opening it to the public.

Pershing Park

The Pershing Park site was originally occupied by a variety of 19th-century structures until about 1930, when the federal government took legal title to the block and demolished the structures on it. Legislation officially designating the plot as Pershing Square subsequently was adopted by Congress in 1957. Development of the square proved controversial, as different groups offered competing proposals for memorials to John J. Pershing, who had served as General of the Armies in World War I. These disagreements led to inaction, and by 1962 the square remained bare and often cluttered with trash. In September 1963, District of Columbia officials finally planted grass and flower beds to temporarily beautify the square.

In November 1963, the President's Council on Pennsylvania Avenue proposed a master plan for the redevelopment of Pennsylvania Avenue NW from the White House to the United States Capitol. The master plan proposed constructing a National Plaza (also called the Western Plaza), which would have required the de ...More...
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