GWOT Memorial on National Mall Gets Green Light in Congress
Vets
By Hannah Ray Lambert | December 08, 2021
A yearslong effort to build a national memorial to those who served in the Global War on Terrorism on the National Mall is closer than ever after House lawmakers included approval of the project in a finalized version of the National Defense Authorization Act Tuesday.
“We are thrilled that the House has moved our bill forward and fully expect the Senate to do the same,” Army veteran and Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation president and CEO Marina Jackman told Coffee or Die Magazine Wednesday in an emailed statement.
Though the exact site is still up in the air, Gold Star families have long advocated for the creation of a GWOT memorial on the National Mall in Washington. In 2017, then-President Donald Trump signed legislation authorizing the GWOT Memorial Foundation to build a commemorative work on federal land using private funds, but it did not specify an exact location.
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