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A flag that s flown over cemeteries in Europe where Americans killed in The Great War are buried has been raised again over Pershing Park in Washington, the new home of the National World War I Memorial.
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(WASHINGTON) A flag that s flown over cemeteries in Europe where Americans killed in The Great War are buried has been raised again over Pershing Park in Washington, the new home of the National World War I Memorial.
Located on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House, the memorial was unveiled Friday in a virtual ceremony, opens to the public beginning Saturday, and marks the last of the major American wars to have a place of honor and remembrance in the nation s capital.
President Joe Biden, in remarks recorded for the virtual ceremony, honored the 4.7 million Americans who served in what at the time was called The Great War, the first conflict on a world-wide scale.
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WASHINGTON, March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The United States World War I Centennial Commission in cooperation with the Doughboy Foundation, the National Park Service and the American Battle Monuments Commission is sponsoring a major event to celebrate the inaugural raising of the American flag over the nation s soon to open World War I Memorial in Washington, DC on Friday, April 16 at 10:00 a.m. EDT / 7:00 a.m. PDT.
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Daniel Daylight will never forget the day a young Indigenous boy asked for bail in the children’s court so he could attend his year 6 farewell.
The 33-year-old Gamilaroi man was working as the Aboriginal client and community support officer at Parramatta children’s court in Sydney’s west. His main role was to refer kids to support services but he did whatever he felt was needed: talked to parents and lawyers, and bought kids lunch when they turned up hungry with no money.
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Daylight soon noticed a pattern. The same kids kept returning to the court, from the age of 10 to 18.