WWI Memorial closer to happening in DC

House Votes for WWI Memorial in Washington
Dec 13, 2012
Knight Ridder/Tribune
by Ken Newton

Frank Buckles served as a teenage ambulance driver in World War I and lived long enough to see his name become a website.

But the Northwest Missouri native died before namesake legislation could be passed establishing a World War I memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Twenty-two months after his death, the U.S. House passed the Frank Buckles World War I Memorial Act on Wednesday afternoon. Representatives approved the measure on a voice vote.

In addition to the memorial in the capital, the bill establishes a commission to prepare a centennial observance for the war and reaffirms Kansas City as the site of the national World War I museum.
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