By clicking here, you can sign up for a LIVE virtual tour of the project site on Friday April 3rd. Architect Joseph Weishaar, sculptor Sabin Howard and the project managers will be the guides.

Even though they’re are observing the distancing protocols in place in DC, construction hasn’t stopped.

James (“Jim”) Patton BS BA MPA is a retired state official from Shawnee, Kansas and a frequent contributor to several WW1 e-publications, including "Roads to the Great War," "St. Mihiel Tripwire," "Over the Top" and "Medicine in the First World War." He has spent many hours walking the WW1 battlefields, and is also an authority on British regiments and a collector of their badges. An Army Engineer during the Vietnam War, he does work for the US World War 1 Centennial Commission and is affiliated with the WW1 Historical Association, the Western Front Association, the Salonika Campaign Society and the Gallipoli Association.