National WWII Memorial: A Chronology

May 30, 2004

NH Business Review Staff,

The memorial was authorized by Congress in 1993. Construction began in September 2001 after several years of fund raising and public hearings.

1993
May 25: President Clinton authorizes the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a World War II Memorial in Washington.

1994
Oct. 6-7: The House and Senate pass a joint resolution approving the location of the memorial in the capital’s monumental core area because of its lasting historic significance to the nation.

1995
Jan. 20: Seven potential sites are considered for the memorial, including the Reflecting Pool area, the Tidal Basin, Constitution Gardens, the Washington Monument grounds and adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery.

Sept. 19: The Rainbow Pool site is approved by the Commission of Fine Arts, one group for whom approval must be given.

Oct. 5: The Rainbow Pool site is approved by the National Capital Planning Commission, one group for whom approval must be given.

Nov. 11: President Clinton dedicates the memorial site in a formal ceremony.

1996
April 19: An open design competition for the memorial is held.

Aug. 15-16: More than 400 entries are reviewed; six finalists are named.

Oct. 30-31: The evaluation board recommends unanimously that the Leo A. Daly team with Friedrich St. Florian as design architect be selected.

1997
March 19: Former senator Bob Dole is named national chairman of the memorial campaign.

1998
July-September: The Commission of Fine Arts and National Capital Planning Commission approve the memorial’s final architectural design.

Nov. 11: A groundbreaking ceremony attended by 15,000 people is held at the memorial’s Rainbow Pool site.

2001
Jan. 23: Construction permit issued by the National Park Service.

March 9: Construction, which was to begin in March, is delayed pending resolution of a lawsuit filed by the National Coalition to Save Our Mall, and a procedural issue involving the National Capital Planning Commission.

May 21-22: The House and Senate pass legislation directing that the memorial be constructed expeditiously.

June 7: Tompkins Builders and Grunley-Walsh Construction are awarded a $56 million construction contract.

Aug. 27: Tompkins/Grunley-Walsh begin site preparation. Construction begins one week later.

2004
May 29: Official dedication of the memorial.

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