Korean War Veterans Memorial

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Address:c/o National Capital Parks - Central
900 Ohio Dr SW
Washington, DC 20004
Phone:202-426-6841
Web: www.nps.gov/kowa/
Size: 2.2 acres.
Established: Authorized on October 28, 1986; dedicated on July 27, 1995.
Location:Southeast of the Lincoln Memorial on Independence Ave., Washington, DC.
Facilities:Bookstore (near the Lincoln Memorial).
Activities:Ranger talks.
Special Features:Memorial honors the American men and women who served in the Korean War (1950-1953). A grouping of 19 statues of infantry soldiers, created by World War II veteran Frank Gaylord, stands before a polished granite wall bearing the images of support personnel. A granite curb on the north side of the statues lists the 22 countries of the United Nations that sent troops or gave medical support in defense of South Korea.

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Memorial contributions may be sent to the Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation, 10301 McKinstry Mill Rd., New Windsor, MD 21776-7903.

Carlos Rodriguez

The monument will be located on the edge of the Tidal Basin, between the Korean War Veterans Memorial and the FDR Memorial.

A dream nearly realized: monument to Martin Luther King becoming a reality

Incidentally, the Texas Korean War Veterans Memorial (and very likely, many other state memorials) is dedicated to all Texans who served in the war, but honors by name those killed as a result of hostile action in Korea.

Clarifying casualties. (mail call)

Where the Vietnam memorial is dominated by the names of those killed there, the national Korean War Veterans Memorial features faces.

Honoring all who serve: the boys of Iwo Jima

Just take a look at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Killed in Korea: the untold story: for 40 years, the real number of Americans killed in Korea during the war was buried in a misleading statistic. It is about time the full story is told: 36,913 Americans died there--not 54,246. (Korean War)

51st Armistice Anniversary of the Korean War and 9th Anniversary of the Korean War Veterans Memorial. Washington Mall, Washington, D.C.

Looking ahead

When the Korean War Veterans Memorial was dedicated in July 1995, it was about time.

`Proud of being a Veteran of the Korean War': James Brady is well-known to many Americans through the last page of Parade magazine, on which he profiles celebrities each Sunday. A veteran publisher, editor and author of a dozen books, his The Coldest War was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He shared his views on the Korean War with VFW magazine. (Korean War)

Rodriguez was a member of the Korean War Veterans Memorial Advisory Board.

End of an era: more than just a witness to PVA's history, Carlos Rodriguez helped make it

President George Bush saluted veterans of the Korean War at a May 1 fund-raiser at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC, saying the war "laid the foundation for the march of democracy we are seeing today around the world." The black-tie dinner honoring senators and congressmen who served in Korea raised about $400,000 toward construction of the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the Mall in the nation's capital.

In a 1989 White House ceremony on Flag Day, President Bush unveiled the design chosen for the Korean War Veterans Memorial, which will feature 38 life-size statues of soldiers on patrol.

A salute to those who served

The White House ceremony also was attended by members of Congress, the presidentially appointed Korean War Veterans Memorial Advisory Board, members of the American Battle Monument Commission, and other dignitaries who have supported the establishment of a memorial to what some have called "The Forgotten Victory."

"The Forgotten War" -- remembered at last