Located in the center of the roundabout near the Insurance Building and northeast of the Legislative Building, the Winged Victory Monument on the Washington State Capitol Campus in Olympia honors Washington veterans who lost their lives in World War I.
Friday marks National Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Recognition Day, honoring the estimated 82,000 service members who remain unaccounted for from conflicts dating back to World War II.
Washington State’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial honors state residents who lost their lives or are missing-in-action during the Vietnam War. Built in the 1980s, the current memorial is actually the second Vietnam War memorial on campus.
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