29 May 2017 Executive director Andrew J. Brennan sat down with Fox News to discuss the importance of our nation’s war memorials and what we’re doing to bring a national GWOT memorial to D.C. Watch the full interview here. […]
Read More… from FOX NEWS: Group pushes for creation of war on terror memorial
By Dr. James E. Wright “Each Memorial Day, tourists descend on the nation’s capital to visit memorials and monuments honoring members of the U.S. armed forces who’ve died defending their country. For the family and friends of the fallen, the act of remembering is daily—as is their grief. This distinction between public acknowledgement and […]
Read More… from The Atlantic: The Challenge of Memorializing America’s Wars
04 APR 2017 By ELIZABETH MEYER | The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa (Tribune News Service) U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst introduced a bill Tuesday permitting a private foundation to construct a memorial on the National Mall recognizing American troops fighting the war on terror. The Iowa Republican co-sponsored the bill with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. The legislation allows […]
Read More… from Stars & Stripes: Senator introduces bill to build ‘war on terror’ memorial
25 APR 2017 Office of Senator Joni Ernst WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), a combat veteran, and Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced bipartisan legislation to authorize the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation, a private foundation, to begin the process of pursuing the construction of a memorial on the National Mall in Washington, […]
02 April 2017 Andrew Brennan, a young former Army pilot, got the idea while surrounded by bikers. The Rolling Thunder motorcycle group roared through Albuquerque, New Mexico, while Brennan was there in 2014. Vietnam War veterans swirled around him, on their way to Washington, D.C., on an annual pilgrimage to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall. […]
Read More… from San Diego Union-Tribune: Building a war monument isn’t easy
29 March 2017 The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are the longest ever fought by the US. Although major ground combat is over in a very real sense the wars have not yet ended. Accepted wisdom would say it is too soon to think about a national memorial honoring veterans of those wars but that […]
Read More… from KPBS: Advocates Push For National Memorial For Iraq, Afghanistan Wars
29 March 2017 The global war on terror is, by all measures, ongoing, but some veterans and lawmakers say the U.S. shouldn’t wait to begin developing a Washington, D.C., memorial to honor the veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Two Marine Corps veterans turned congressmen have proposed legislation to authorize the design and construction of […]
Read More… from Some Veterans Want A Memorial For War That Isn’t Over Yet
28 March 2017 How do you build a monument honoring those who fought in a war that’s still going on? That’s the problem facing veterans behind the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation, which on Tuesday announced legislation that could speed the process along. A group of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans hopes to raise up to $35 million […]
Read More… from FRONT PAGE: Too soon? Vets want national monument for Iraq, Afghanistan wars
WASHINGTON — Advocates for a National Global War on Terrorism Memorial want to see a site established before this generation’s veterans all become senior citizens. And to do that, work has to start now. “A 40-year-old servicemember that seized the first airfield in Kandahar (in Afghanistan) in 2001 is now 56,” Andrew Brennan, executive director of the Global […]
Read More… from Military Times: Advocates push to start work on Global War on Terror memorial
28 March 2017 WASHINGTON – The Vietnam Veterans Memorial has long been the inspiration for Andrew Brennan to establish a national memorial to honor the men and women who served in the ongoing Global War on Terror, which he envisions as a place for veterans to gather and remember their friends and for others to […]
Read More… from Stars & Stripes: Advocates say the time is right for a War on Terror memorial
Learn more about the GWOT Memorial and what we are doing to honor those who have served, and continue to serve, in this complex, multi-generational war.
