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The World War II Memorial
Media Coverage & Commentary
Editorials
List of editorials, commentary, and opinion pieces since 1995
"The WWII Memorial"The Buffalo News. 6/10/01.
"A memorial shouldn't distract from the ideas defended"Akron Beacon-Journal. 6/1/01.
"Monumental Mistake."The Boston Globe. 5/27/01.
"McLaughlin attacks Congress for fascist behavior"McLaughlin
Group. 5/25/01.
"Memorial Wars."USA Today. 5/18/01.
"Memorial Mistake"Roll Call. 5/17/01.
"A Memorial to Bludgeon Tactics." The Los Angeles Times. 4/5/01.
"Keeping Things Simple."St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 11/12/00.
Let's Reconsider the Site in the Nation's Capital."The Fort-Worth Telegram. 10/23/00.
"New Site for War Memorial."The Hartford Courant. 10/12/00.
"Don't Mar the Mall."The New York Times.9/24/00.
"Honor WWII Vets, but Not on the Mall."The Atlanta Constitution. 9/20/00.
"Mauling the Mall." Review & Outlook," The Wall Street Journal. 9/15/00.
"WWII Memorial Misplaced."USA Today. 7/20/00.
"Wrong Thing, Wrong Place."The Los Angeles Times. 7/19/00.
"Comments: Monuments."The Wall Street Journal. 9/13/99.
Cartoons
"Too bad..." The Washington Post, 6/18/01
"Washington Maul..." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 11/12/00
"Greetings, President-Elect..." Washington Post, 11/23/00
"Looks like an officers club...," Los Angeles Times, 10/16/00
Commentary
On the Mall, Entrenched Thinking by Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post, 5/6/02
"Hold the Marble." by Thomas Oliphant, Boston Globe. 6/26/01.
"Obscene for Firm with Nazi Ties to Build Memorial." by Don Feder, Boston Herald. 6/25/01.
"A Monument To Distorted Priorities." by Arianna Huffington,Syndicated Columnist. 6/12/01.
"A Touch of Albert Speer." by Carlos Widman,Der Speigel. 6/2/01.
"Bad idea, bad spot for WWII Memorial." by Roger Ebert,Chicago Sun-Times. 6/1/01.
"World War II Memorial a Classic Example of Excess." by Sally Kalson, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 05/30/01.
"Monumental Mistake." by Paul Greenberg, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. 05/30/01.
"Monument for WWII should not be rushed." by Guy Friddell, The Virginian-Pilot. 05/28/01.
"Time to Act Senatorial." by Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post. 05/21/01.
"A War Memorial to End All Memorials." by Susan Nielsen, Portland Oregonian. 05/20/01.
"Congress Needs to Fight Fair Over Memorial." by Christopher Knight, The Los Angeles Times. 05/19/01.
On-air commentary by George Will, ABC's This Week with Sam Donaldson, April 8, 2001
Excerpt from How to Overthrow the Government by Arianna Huffington. HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. pp. 216-217
"Turning Memory Into Travesty." by Michael Kimmelman The New York Times. 03/04/01.
"Mumbling Monuments" by Michael J. Lewis. Commentary Vol.111 No. 2, February 2001.
"The Battle of the Mall is Not Over Yet" by Welton JonesThe San Diego Union - Tribune. 01/21/01.
"A Scourge of War Not Worthy of This Battlefield" by Marc Fisher The Washington Post. 11/14/00.
"Save the Mall." by Jon WienerThe Nation. 11/13/00.
"Desecrating a Landmark to Build a Memorial." by Tony Illia San Francisco Chronicle. 10/8/00.
"Inheritance Endangered" by Christopher Knight. The Los Angeles Times. 8/22/00.
"Not in Our Front Yard" by Paul Goldberger. The New Yorker. 8/7/00.
"The WWII Memorial: Inadequate and Out of Place" by Charles Krauthammer. The Washington Post. 7/28/00.
"Planned Memorial Would Damage Prime Piece of Real Estate" by Christopher Knight. The Los Angeles Times. 7/19/00.
"A Memorial, Yes, But What About Its Message" by Marc Fisher. The Washington Post. 7/22/00.
"Ambush on the Mall" by Jonathan Yardley. The Washington Post, C02. 7/10/00.
"The Battle of the Mall " by Jonathan Yardley. The Washington Post, C02. 7/03/00.
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Articles
Another Setback for Foes of Memorial Site." by Bill Miller, The Washington Post. 11/07/01.
Judges to Consider Halting Work on WWII Memorial." by Arthur Santanan, The Washington Post. 8/24/01.
Memorial Builder's Owner Defrauded U.S.." by Daniel F. Drummond, The Washington Times. 6/19/01.
"Memorial Builder's Nazi Ties Stir Furor" by John Peterson, The Los Angeles Times. 6/15/01.
" Architect Designs WWII Memorial" by Brian Carovillano, Associated Press. 6/14/01.
"Memorial Builder Has Parent Link to Nazi Era" by Vincent Morris and Marlyn Rauber, The New York Post. 6/12/01.
"WWII MEMORIAL FIRM HAS 'NAZI TIES'" by Elaine Sciolino, The New York Times. 6/13/01.
"Skirmish Lost, but Battle Over World War II Memorial Rages on" by Dave Eberhart, Stars and Stripes. 6/7/01.
"New War Memorial Is Shrine to Sentiment" by Herbert Muschamp, The New York Times. 6/7/01.
"World War II Memorial Protesters Sue to Halt Construction at Contested Site" by Dave Eberhart, Stars and Stripes. 6/4/01.
"Critics of World War II Memorial go back to court" by David Ho. Associated Press. 6/4/01.
"A historic vista now will make room for World War II memorial" by Christopher Newton. The Boston Globe. 5/27/01.
"WWII tribute set in stone, maybe" by Richard Benedetto. USA Today. 5/23/01.
"World War II Memorial Approved for Mall Site" by Spencer S. Hsu and Linda Wheeler . The Washington Post. 5/23/01.
"Senate OKs WWII Memorial" by Michael Killian . The Chicago Tribune. 5/22/01.
"WWII Memorail Gets Key Support" by Jonathan Peterson. The Los Angeles Times. 5/22/01.
"Bush Backs War Memorial" by Linda Wheeler and Spencer S. Hsu. The Washington Post. 5/17/01.
"Memorial Gets Boost from House" by Daniel F. Drummond. The Washington Times. 5/1601.
"House Vote Backs WWII Memorial As Planned" by Linda Wheeler. The Washington Post. 5/16/01.
"World War II Memorial Site, Design to Be Reconsidered" by Linda Wheeler. The Washington Post. 5/4/01.
"Panel Votes to Review Plan for World War II Memorial" by Elaine Sciolino. The New York Times. 5/4/01.
"Agency to review votes on memorial " by Ellen Sorokin. The Washington Times. 3/26/01.
"Delay of WWII memorial sought" by Michael Killian. The Chicago Tribune. 3/10/01.
"Plans for WWII Memorial on Hold" by Barry Miller. The Washington Post.3/9/01.
"Our Monuments, Our Selves" by Catesby Leigh. The Weekly Standard. 3/5/01
"The Brawl on the Mall" by Christopher Shea. Preservation Magazine. January/February 2001.
"Groundbreaking, of Sorts, for a Contested War Memorial" by Jeff Gerth The New York Times. 11/12/00.
"2 Paved Helipads Proposed for Mall" by Linda Wheeler. The Washington Post; 11/10/00.
"USA's 'front yard' is veteran's latest battleground" by Guillermo X. Garcia,
USA Today. 10/27/00.
"Anatomy of an eyesore:
Monumental Error" by Joseph Fishkin, The New Republic. 9/25/00.
"DC Follies" by Christopher Knight. The Los Angeles Times. 9/21/00.
"WWII Memorial: Sound the Retreat" by Nicolai Oouroussoff. The Los Angeles Times. 9/21/00.
"All Things Considered" by Alex Van Oss. National Public Radio. 7/21/00.
"Controversial WWII Memorial Clears Hurdle" by Michael Kilian. The Chicago Tribune. 7/21/00.
"Design Panel approves WWII Memorial on National Mall Site" by Jennifer Walsh. The Boston Globe. 7/21/00.
"WWII Memorial Clears Key Hurdle" by Linda Wheeler. The Washington Post;A01. 7/21/00.
"New Assault on WWII Memorial" by Brian Sharp. USA Today. 7/20/00.
"Opponents Find a Hitch in WWII Memorial Plans" by Christopher Knight. The Los Angeles Times. 7/18/00.
"Design for World War II Memorial Awaits Review, with Detractors Vocal" by Irwin Molotsky. The New York Times. 7/17/00.
"Varied Visions Of Embattled War Memorial" by Marc Fisher.The Washington Post, B01. 7/04/00.
"Battle Surfaces Over War Memorial" by Caren Benjamin. The Associated Press. 6/06/00.
"Some Vets Opposing the WWII Memorial" by Miriam A. Garcia. The Atlanta Constitution. 6/06/00.
"Veteran Group is Waging Battle to Block World War II Memorial" by Rudy Kleysteuber. The Wall Street Journal. 6/06/00.
"New Objections Over Site, Design of WWII Memorial" by Michael Killian. Chicago Tribune. 6/06/00.
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LETTERS
• April 12, 2005: The Honorable Craig Thomas, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate
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