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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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