What is World War II Memorial?
[[File:National World War II Memorial, Washington DC, July 2017.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The memorial in 2017]] The '''World War II Memorial''' is a memorial<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uscode.house.gov/statutes/pl/103/32.pdf |title= PUBLIC LAW 103-32 |date=May 25, 1993 |website=uscode.house.gov }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/16/chapter-1/subchapter-LXI|title=16 U.S. Code Subchapter LXI – NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS|website=LII / Legal Information Institute}}</ref> dedicated to [[United States|Americans]] who served in the [[United States Armed Forces|armed forces]] and as civilians during [[World War II]]. It has 56 pillars, representing U.S. states and territories, and a pair of small [[triumphal arch]]es for the Atlantic and Pacific theaters, surrounding an oval plaza and fountain, it sits on the [[National Mall]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]. It is on the former site of the [[Rainbow Pool]] at the eastern end of the [[Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool|Reflecting Pool]], between the [[Lincoln Memorial]] and the [[Washington Monument]]. It was opened on April 29, 2004 and was dedicated by [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] on May 29, 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwiimemorial.com/|title=WWII Memorial|website=www.wwiimemorial.com}}</ref> More than 4.6 million people visited the memorial in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/SSRSReports/Park%20Specific%20Reports/Annual%20Park%20Recreation%20Visitation%20(1904%20-%20Last%20Calendar%20Year)?Park=WWII|title=Stats Report Viewer: World War II Memorial|website=irma.nps.gov|access-date=April 22, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-stub}} [[Category:Monuments and memorials in the United States]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Washington, D.C.]]