National WWI Memorial
Watercolor painting of a green field with an orange-blue sky and several structures in the distance.
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    • Color photograph of a dark stone wall, covered with flowing water and golden text on its front side. A pool of water sits below it and in the background there are stairs, trees, and a very large building. In the top right of the image there is an American flag at half mast on a pole and in the bottom left there are a few brown plants in a long planter.

      A memorial shaped a century later.

      Created during the centennial era of World War I remembrance, the National World War I Memorial in Washington D.C. reflects how Americans continue to reinterpret the meaning and memory of the war across generations.