World War I Memorial Foundation Benefit Reception on Nov. 9

A benefit reception to support the Memorial will be hosted by the World War I Memorial Foundation on Monday, November 9, 2009, at the Woodrow Wilson House in Washington, D.C. A donation of $150 is suggested. Speakers will include former Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) and distinguished architects Hugh Newell Jacobson, FAIA, and Arthur Cotton Moore, FAIA.

The event will feature an exhibit of photographs of the last survivors of the Great War by foundation trustee and noted photographer David DeJonge of Grand Rapids, Mich. DeJonge spent two years traveling around the world finding and photographing the last surviving veterans. The photographs will be on public view at Woodrow Wilson House Nov. 5-12.

Warner said, “As a sailor in the Navy during the last year of World War II, and the son of a World War I veteran, I am delighted to lend my support to the foundation’s work to ensure that an appropriate memorial will soon represent the contributions of all Americans who fought -- with the support of those on the home-front -- during World War I to defend the cause of freedom.”