NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL

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"Today the Guns are silent, the great Tragedy has ended.
The great history has won.
The skies no longer rain dead—The Seas bear only bear Commerce---
Men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight.
The entire world is quietly at Peace."

Gen Douglas MacArthur

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The National World War II Memorial is a National Memorial to all Americans that served in the armed forces and on the home front during World War II. It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on the former site of the Rainbow Pool at the eastern end of the Reflecting Pool, between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument.

It opened to the public on April 29, 2004, and was dedicated by President George W. Bush on May 29, 2004, two days before Memorial Day. The memorial is administered by the National Park Service under its National Mall and Memorial Parks group.


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