Haunting Images of War -- Building the National World War I Memorial - 84 Long Sleeve T-Shirt

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It has been more than 100 years since World War I ended in 1918, and finally a national memorial to America’s participation in that war is being built in Washington, DC. The United States suffered 53,402 casualties, and over 200,000 soldiers were wounded; yet, in our nation’s capital, which has memorials for every other major war of the 20th century, it has taken over a century for construction to finally start on the United States National World War I Memorial. It is being built on 1.76 acres of land that was previously Pershing Park, and is conveniently located one block from the White House at Pennsylvania Avenue and 15th Street, across the street from the historic Willard Hotel.

The construction site is surrounded by a barbed wire fence that is covered with images of people either serving in the war, or affected by it. Quotes about the war, such as a prominent one by General John Pershing, are also on the fence. I have taken dozens of photographs of the “Memorial...

I enjoy photography and writing, and sometimes think of myself as a photojournalist. If there is a story to be told with a photograph, I tell it. As a longtime resident of Washington, DC, a lot of my photographs are of this area, and I enjoy writing in the description something about the shot -- it could be a short statement about an equestrian statue in the middle of a park, or a more intimate tale of the mausoleum where Abraham Lincoln's son, Willie, was entombed for the remaining three years of Lincoln's presidency after the boy's death. These photographs are contained in the aptly named "Washington DC" Collection. In addition to "WDC" there are eight other Collections on this page, and two of my favorites are "Paintings" and...

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