After months of fundraising, working out transportation issues and waiting – lots and lots of waiting – one of the main World War II era cannons from the U.S.S. Missouri is finally set to arrive in Delaware’s southernmost county on Monday, April 16. And this important piece of American history will be welcomed to the
The Naval Order of the United States has teamed with the National Park Service to create a wayside marker to be placed alongside the statue of Commodore John Barry, U.S. Navy, in Franklin Park at 14th Street, NW, in Washington, DC. Although the statue has been standing since its dedication by President Woodrow Wilson in
The Friends of the National World War II Memorial (Friends) and the National Park Service (NPS) will remember and honor all those who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 during a special event at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 1:53 p.m