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WASHINGTON — The nation’s capital does not want for monuments, but a new one to an old war opened with a flag-raising ceremony Friday. The National World War I Memorial in Pershing Park is the first monument in the nation’s capital to all the 4.7 million Americans who served in the Great War and the 116,512 who would never come home. As belated as the ceremony may have been, no pomp was spared during the hourlong event. There were recorded comments from President Joe Biden, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, plus a military band, WWI doug...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn President Joe Biden said it commemorates the "courage" of American "Doughboys." • 6 min read Congressman wants to award Congressional Gold Medal to ‘Harlem Hellfighters’ Tom Suozzi of New York announced he's introducing a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the first African American regiment in World War I.Jacquelyn Martin/AP A flag that's flown over cemeteries in Europe where Americans killed in "The Great War" are buried has been raised again over Pershing Park in Washington, the new home of t...

The new World War I Memorial in Washington, D.

“The time is long overdue for the World War I Memorial to take its rightful place among the memorials of the nation’s capital that pay tribute to the men and women who served and sacrificed in America’s armed conflicts,” Jeff Reinbold, superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks said in a statement. “The National Park Service is honored to serve as a keeper of America’s stories, and to care for this incredible memorial at which we honor those who served both “Over There” and on the home front in World War I.” The World War I memorial is located at the former Persh...

Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. John McCrae’s immortal words of remembrance of all who fell in the Great War carried through a beautiful ceremony honoring the oft-forgotten war and America’s pivotal role. On Friday morning, politicians, historians, activists, military leaders, artists, and descendants virtually gathered to raise the American flag over the newly-erected World War I memorial in Washington DC. As the last of t...