The Austrian-born architect won a national design contest with his vision for a classically inspired plaza on the Mall.

World War II veterans and representatives from Allied Nations will lay wreaths at the Memorial’s Atlantic Arch in a moving tribute to their sacrifice,” it advised.

A rendering of the proposed memorial for Cal Anderson, Washington state's first openly gay lawmaker and a champion for gay rights. If funding is approved, it would be constructed near the Sunken ...

A state panel has agreed on where a new memorial for trailblazing lawmaker Cal Anderson should go on the grounds of Washington’s Capitol campus, months after the unceremonious removal of the ...

His design was criticized as banal and beneath its subject. It was also praised for fitting seamlessly into hallowed space on ...

Friedrich St. Florian came to the United States for his master's degree in architecture from Columbia University.

WASHINGTON — The man behind D.C.'s National World War II Memorial has died. An immigrant from Austria, in 1997, Friederich St. Florian beat out 400 other architects, when his design was selected ...

The World War II Memorial is located on the National Mall's main drag, between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial, and can be reached by taking the Metro's Blue, Silver or Orange ...

Battle of the Bulge veterans Frank Cohn, left, and Harry Miller salute as wreaths are laid Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, during the battle’s 80th anniversary wreath-laying ceremony at the World War II ...

We must never forget January 6 and ensure that such an attack on our democracy is never allowed to happen again,” U.S. Rep.