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PLAZA OF PRESIDENTS

 
Before visiting the George Bush Gallery, take a moment to pause and reflect at the Plaza of Presidents, a striking outdoor tribute to the ten American presidents who served in the armed forces during WWII.

The stone monuments hold bronze plaques describing each president's WWII military service, from Franklin Roosevelt through George H.W. Bush.

 

JOHN F. KENNEDY MONUMENT PLAQUE, inscription

John F. Kennedy, U.S. Navy Reserve
Service in the Pacific, 1943

"..the courage of a man that does what he must -- in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures, is the basis of all human morality."

John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, 1961-1963


PRESIDENTS WHO SERVED DURING WWII
Frankin D. Roosevelt, Commander in Chief Richard M. Nixon, U.S. Navy
Harry S. Truman, Commander in Chief Gerald R. Ford, U.S. Navy
Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Army James Earle Carter, Jr., U.S. Navy
John F. Kennedy, U.S. Navy Ronald Reagan, U.S. Army
Lyndon B. Johnson, U.S. Navy George H. W. Bush, U.S. Navy


View full screen virtual tours of the Plaza of Presidents, honoring the ten presidents who served during WWII.
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