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Republicans back donation to WW II veterans memorial

September 22, 1999 By admin

Republicans in the Iowa legislature will push to honor the state’s livingWorld War II veterans by contributing to a national memorial in Washington,D.C. State Representative David Johnson of Ocheyedan says legislators wantto kick in 150-thousand dollars.Johnson says 21 states have already pledged support to the 100-milliondollar project. Johnson says the contribution will honor the approximately75-thousand veterans living in Iowa.House Speaker Brent Siegrist of Council Bluffs says the money will come fromthe state’s infrastructure fund.The memorial will be constructed at the Rainbow Pool site between theLincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument in Washington D.C. Constructionis expected to begin on Veteran’s Day next year.

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