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National WWI Memorial — A Soldier’s Journey: First Illumination Ceremony
Current and former Commissioners of the United States World War I Centennial Commission gather in front of the A Soldiers Journey sculpture at the National World War I Memorial prior to the First Illumination [...]
CT sculptor creates centerpiece for National World War I Memorial to be revealed tonight in Washington, D.C.
In a 2015 design competition for the National World War I Memorial located in Pershing Park in Washington, D.C., Justin Shubow, the president of The National Civic Art Society, urged Howard, a sculptor based in Kent, Connecticut, to enter. [...]
Washington’s New World War I Memorial Is Defiantly Traditional
The capital’s monuments to the Vietnam War and World War II were criticized as depressing and ungainly, but a 58-foot-long sculpture by artist Sabin Howard tells a classic story of heroism. On Friday night, Washington, [...]
First Illumination of “A Soldier’s Journey” At The National World War I Memorial in Washington, DC Friday, September 13, 2024
The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission and Doughboy Foundation Proudly Announce The Please join The World War I Centennial Commission and The Doughboy Foundation on Friday, September 13, 2024 at sundown for the First [...]
WWI Living History Weekend at the National World War I Memorial in Washington, DC September 14-15
The WWI Living History Weekend will take place at the National World War One Memorial in Washington, DC on Saturday and Sunday September 14-15, 2024. The WWI Living History Weekend follows the First Illumination ceremony [...]
Baltimore bugler to perform at ceremony marking completion of WWI Memorial
John Schmitt is a bugle boy, though there’s no boogie woogie in his repertoire. Schmitt, of Baltimore, is a bugler for the state of Maryland who has sounded taps at some 2,000 funerals. He’s also [...]
‘A Soldier’s Journey’ Reaches Its Destination
As he put the finishing touches on the final 11 of 38 bronze figures that tell the captivating story of a World War I hero's journey, master sculptor Sabin Howard can feel his purpose of [...]
Doughboy MIA For September 2024: Private Burwell Canady Jackson
Private Burwell Canady Jackson was born on October 26, 1896, in Lenoir County, North Carolina. He was raised on his family's farm, where he eventually took over the family operation after his father’s passing in [...]
WWI Bronze Relief Sculptures By Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Find A New Home At The Breakers
Two bronze relief sculptures by celebrated American sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney have been installed at The Breakers, her family’s former Gilded Age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island. The sculptures, which had been held at Whitney’s [...]
