Kansas City Closer to Being Home of U.S. World War I Memorial in 2012

From the Dec. 13, 2012, Yahoo! News/Reuters "House approves Kansas City for U.S. World War I memorial" by Kevin Murphy.

Kansas City, Missouri, is one step closer to being the official home of the national memorial of the country as well as official host of the war's centennial events to take place 2014-2018.  (The U.S. involvement in the war, however, was 1917-1918.

The House of representatives resolution passed.

Some felt that the World War I memorial should be on the National Mall in Washington, D.C..

Kansas City already has the National World War I Museum at the Liberty Memorial, a cylindrical tower on top of a hill dedicated in 1926.

--DaCoot