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Did you know that the last United States World War 1 veteran had passed away?
On the 28th of February, 2011, the United States of America lost its last living connection to World War 1 when Frank Buckles passed away at the age of 110. He died of natural causes at his home in Charles Town West Virginia. Frank had signed up for the military in 1917 after reading about the conflict in a news paper. He had spent the past few years petitioning for a national World War 1 memorial in Washington DC. Currently, the only monument of remembrance for World War 1 in DC is on the grounds of the national mall. It lists the names of locals that served in the Great War. The monument has been passed by time and has not been maintained.
Read more about Frank Buckles and the Great War monument in DC below:
On the 28th of February, 2011, the United States of America lost its last living connection to World War 1 when Frank Buckles passed away at the age of 110. He died of natural causes at his home in Charles Town West Virginia. Frank had signed up for the military in 1917 after reading about the conflict in a news paper. He had spent the past few years petitioning for a national World War 1 memorial in Washington DC. Currently, the only monument of remembrance for World War 1 in DC is on the grounds of the national mall. It lists the names of locals that served in the Great War. The monument has been passed by time and has not been maintained.
Read more about Frank Buckles and the Great War monument in DC below:
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