OTHER NATIONAL MEMORIALS

Timeline of memorials in the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

1982: Vietnam Veterans Memorial opens 1993: Vietnam Women's Memorial opens 1995: Koren War Memorial opens

2004: World War II Memorial opens

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

The memorial is free and open 24 hours a day.

The memorial includes the names of more than 58,000 servicemen and women who gave their lives in service in the Vietnam War. The memorial includes the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall, the Three Servicemen statue and the Vietnam Women's Memorial.

The memorial was dedicated on Nov. 13, 1982, as part of a five-day ceremony that began Nov. 10, presided over by President Ronald Reagan, and which involved a procession of tens of thousands of Vietnam War veterans. About two years later the Three Soldiers statue was dedicated.

Korean War Veterans Memorial

The National Park Service and the Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation are rehabilitating the 25-year-old memorial and started construction on the Wall of Remembrance. The Wall of Remembrance is a new, permanent addition to the memorial and will include the names of 36,574 American servicemen and more than 7,200 members of the Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army who gave their lives defending the people of South Korea. The memorial has a walled triangle with 19 stainless steel statues designed by Frank Gaylord. Each statue is taller than 7 feet tall. The statues face the Pool of Remembrance, a shallow circular pool 30 feet in diameter lined with black granite and surrounded by a grove of linden trees with benches.

The World War II Memorial

It honors the service of 16 million members of the armed forces of the U.S., the support of countless millions on the home front, and the ultimate sacrifice of 405,399 Americans. It opened May 29, 2004, with a four-day reunion of veterans.

Designed by the former chief of the Rhode Island School of Design, Friedrich St. Florian, the memorial illustrates the clear relationship between the homefront and the battlefront. It has 24 bronze bas-relief panels that flank the ceremonial entrance. Two massive victory pavilions chronicle the efforts Americans undertook to win the war. A wall of 4,048 gold stars reminds all of the supreme sacrifice made by more than 400,000 Americans to make that victory possible.

Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial

A new national monument to be built at the National Mall is expected to break ground this year, with dedication of the completed memorial in 2023. To learn more, go to ndswm.org