Edwin Fountain, Vice Chair, World War I Centennial Commission

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Edwin Fountain, Vice Chair, World War I Centennial Commission

In the pantheon of major memorials in Washington, there\'s a big one missing: World War I. The centennial celebration of the end of the Great War is less than three...

Federal News Network Staff

May 18, 2015 9:00 am

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In the pantheon of major memorials in Washington, there’s a big one missing: World War I. The centennial celebration of the end of the Great War is less than three years away. But the WWI Centennial Commission opens a design competition later this week. It’s looking for a plan to fit well in D.C.’s Pershing Park. Edwin Fountain, the vice chair of the Centennial Commission, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the competition.