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In August 2018, students from Australia, Canada, France, the UK and the United States came together to tour the former WWI battlefields as part of the commemoration of the centennial of the war in Amiens, France.

Rowland Clements made his first trip to the National WWI Museum and Memorial after a friend recommended it to him.

The United States honors the American veterans of every major war of the 20th century with a national memorial in Washington, D.C., except the veterans of World War I. We support the efforts to create a national memorial in the nation’s capital.

Come with us to as we walk through the forest glades of Belleau Wood and alongside the gently flowing Marne River, where the legend of the ‘Rock of the Marne’ began.

Experience this global art installation through May 20, 2018 on the Research Level of the National WWI Museum and Memorial.

The 2017 National WWI Museum and Memorial Symposium will explore the revolutionary year of 1917.

With a focus on conscientious objection to the war, the symposium "Remembering Muted Voices" will be hosted at the National WWI Museum and Memorial Oct. 19-22, 2017.

At a recent presentation to encourage membership in the Pershing Legacy Society, Karen Herman shared a fascinating account of her father's involvement in World War I and the effect it had on him and his family.

Along the Western Front in what were once places of devastating violence, we now see landscapes of great beauty, a testament to peace and remembrance. Join another venture to the Great War battlefields with the National World War I Museum and Memorial and Battle Honours.

Are you an educator? Have a favorite teacher? Help us give something special to deserving teachers who make a difference in our lives. Send them on an adventure to the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City!

The Museum and Memorial was excited to partner with The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History for a special week-long Teacher Seminar in July 16-22, 2017: World War I and Its Aftermath. 

The National WWI Museum and Memorial is honored to have had Mary Shaw Branton as one of the founding members of the Pershing Legacy Society for planned giving.

"The Museum is an eye-opener. It provides a window into a time in history that has been significant for each generation since."