Impi Yezwe I I Memorial at Pershing Park eWashington, DC

Ukwakha Isikhumbuzo Esisha Sikazwelonke Esigodini Sesizwe

Ngenkathi kunezinye izimpawu eziphawulekayo eWashington, DC ehlonipha iMpi Yezwe I, akukho sikhumbuzo sesizwe esiyinhloko yesizwe esihlonipha abantu baseMelika abayizigidi ezingu-4.7 abakhonzayo kanye nabangu-116,516 abazinikela ngesikhathi sempi. Ngo-2014, iCongress yagunyaza ukwakhiwa kweSikhumbuzo seMpi Yezwe I.

Lapho kwakhiwa khona iSikhumbuzo kwakuyinkinga enkulu. I- DC War Memorial , eseduze kweMpi Yezwe II , iKorea yeMpi yeSikhumbuzo , neSikhumbuzo saseVietnam , inika intela kubahlali base DC abahlanganyela eMpini Yezwe I.

Kodwa akusiyisikhumbuzo sesizwe esihlonipha wonke amaqhawe empi aseMelika. Abantu abaningi bacabanga ukuthi i-DC War Memorial kufanele ibuyiselwe njengomhlaba omkhulu. Ngemuva kokuziphendulela okukhulu, iCongress yagunyaza ukwakhiwa kweMpi Yezwe Yemhlaba YeSikhumbuzo ngezizathu zePerhing Park ePennsylvania Avenue, ibhande elilodwa ukusuka ku- White House . Kulindeleke ukuba unikezelwe ngasekupheleni kuka-2018.

Impi Yezwe I yayiyimpi yomhlaba wonke eyaqala ngo-1914 futhi yaqhubeka kwaze kwaba ngo-1918. Yiyona ekhohliwe kakhulu kulezi zizwe, kodwa yaholela eMpini Yezwe II, futhi yabonisa ukuvela kwe-United States njengamandla omhlaba jikelele wezingqinamba zenkululeko yentando yeningi ngokumelene nempi yokuhlukunyezwa. Ngo-1921, izakhamizi zaseKansas City, MO zaphakamisa imali yokwakha iSikhumbuzo Sokukhululeka futhi kamuva, ngo-2006 kuye kwanezelwa imyuziyamu kusayithi. Ngo-2014, iCongress yaqoka isikhumbuzo kanye nemyuziyamu njengeNational World War I Museum kanye neSikhumbuzo.

I-museum ithathwa kakhulu futhi ihlanganisa izivakashi ekuqondeni umlando weMpi Enkulu, kodwa inhloko-dolobha yesizwe kufanele futhi ivume ukufundisa izivakashi ngale nkathi ebalulekile yomlando waseMelika.

NgoJanuwari 2016, i-World War One Centennial Commission ikhethe umklamo wesikhumbuzo esivela echibini elingaphezu kwama-350.

Umklamo ubizwa ngokuthi "Isisindo Sokunikela" futhi uzofaka izingqikithi ezivezwe emithonjeni emithathu: ukusizwa kwesithombe, ukucaphuna kwamasosha, nokudweba okukhululekile.

Mayelana ne-Pershing Park

I-Pershing Park ipaki encane e-14th Street nasePennsylvania Avenue NW ( Bheka ibalazwe ) enhliziyweni yaseWashington, DC phambi kwehhotela laseWillard. Ipaki okwamanje iqukethe isifanekiso se-bronze esingu-12-foot sikaJohn J. Pershing, owayekhonza njengoMninimandla weMpi eNkulweni Yezwe I kanye nezakhi zokuklama ezihlanganisa umthombo, imibhede yemifula kanye nedamu. Isikhala sasetshenziswa iminyaka eminingi njenge-ice skating rink ebusika. I-Pershing Park yenzelwe umklami womhlaba uMa. Paul Friedberg nozakwethu futhi wakhiwe yi-Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation njengengxenye yokuthuthukiswa kwePennsylvania Avenue. Eminyakeni yamuva, ipaki iye yalahlwa futhi isidingo esikhulu sokuvuselela kabusha.

Mayelana neNational World War I Memorial Foundation

I-WWI Memorial Foundation yinhlangano engeyona inzuzo eyakhiwa ngo-2008 nguDavid DeJonge no-Edwin Fountain ngemuva kokuthola isimo esiphezulu se-DC WWI Memorial njengoba kuphawulwe nguFrank Buckles, owokugcina we-WWI Weter Veteran waseMelika. Inhlangano yasungulwa ukwenza amaphupho e-Buckles abe yiqiniso, ukubuyisela isikhumbuzo esikhona kanye nokuhlonipha wonke amaMelika ahlanganyela empini.

Ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi, vakashela iWwimemorial.org

I-World World War One Centennial Commission

IKhomishane yasungulwa ukuhlela, ukuthuthukisa nokwenza izinhlelo, amaphrojekthi, nemisebenzi ukukhumbula iminyaka eyikhulu yeMpi Yezwe One. Kusukela ngo-2017 kuya ku-2019, iMpi Yezwe Yodwa Ikhulu Lezinkulungwane Lizoqondisa imicimbi kanye nemisebenzi yokukhumbula i-Centennial yeMpi Enkulu. Ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi, vakashela ku-www.worldwar1centennial.org.

Mayelana neMyuzi Yezwe YaseMpi Yezwe I kanye neSikhumbuzo

I-Museum, e-Kansas City, MO, yabizwa yiCongress njengeMelika Yezempi Yomhlaba I-World War I kanye neSikhumbuzo. Iphethe izinto eziqoqile kunazo zonke zezinto zeMpi Yezwe I nemibhalo emhlabeni futhi iyimyuziyamu yomphakathi endala kunazo zonke ezinikezelwe ekugcineni izinto, umlando kanye nokuhlangenwe nakho kwempi.

Imyuziyamu ithatha izivakashi zonyaka wonke ohambweni oluyinkimbinkimbi ngesikhathi sokuguquguquka futhi ihlanganyela izindaba ezijulile zomuntu ngesibindi, udumo, ukuthanda izwe nokuzidela. Ukuze ufunde kabanzi, vakashela iworldworld.org.