News & Updates
The Military Women’s Memorial Announces 25th Anniversary Events for October
2022 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient and Military Women’s Memorial Founding President Brig. Gen. Wilma L. Vaught To Be Celebrated With Multi-Purpose Center Named in Her HonorArlington, Va. (September 12, 2022)— The Military Women’s Memorial (MWM), the nation's...
MWM July Newsletter
July 7, 2022 – This summer has been packed with several exciting events at the Military Women's Memorial and many opportunities to honor the contributions of America's servicewomen - and there is still so much more to come! From new stops on the "Color of...
The Military Women’s Memorial Re-Opens to the Public on Friday, May 27, for Memorial Day Weekend
Arlington, Va. (May 25, 2022)— The Military Women’s Memorial (MWM), the nation's only major memorial honoring all women’s military service will be reopening its doors this Memorial Day weekend after a 6-month partial renovation. Timed to join the nation in honoring...
Pelosi, Ernst, Duckworth, Stefanik Announced as Congressional Co-Chairs for Military Women’s Memorial 25th Anniversary Celebration
Military Women’s Memorial Seeks to Collect and Preserve the Stories of Service of the Three Million Women Who Have ServedArlington, VA (April 27, 2022)— The Military Women’s Memorial (MWM), the nation's only memorial honoring all women’s military service, today...
The Military Women’s Memorial to Kick Off National “AppreSHEation Tour” in Virginia
February 7, 2022, ARLINGTON, VA – In time for Black History Month, the Military Women’s Memorial (MWM) is launching the “AppreSHEation Tour” which will bring its mobile exhibition, The Color of Freedom: Honoring the Diversity of America’s Servicewomen to locations...
Donuts: Food of the Frontline
Do you know that donuts were used as a morale booster for the military throughout the 20th century? Donuts and the women who served them played very important wartime roles, providing troops with a little taste of home. During World War I, uniformed civilian...
Behind the brooch: After today, you’ll never see women veterans the same way again
Behind the brooch: After today, you’ll never see women veterans the same way againWhen you think of a veteran, what comes to mind? Is it an older gentleman in a baseball cap with yellow stitching that reads “Vietnam Vet?” Or maybe it’s someone who is younger, who...
Military Women’s Memorial Kicks Off Giving in July 2021 with Wreaths Across America
‘Do Good Twice’ by supporting the Military Women’s Memorial, while sharing the mission to Remember, Honor, Teach COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine and ARLINGTON, Va.– July 12, 2021 – Throughout the month of July, national nonprofit Wreaths Across America (WAA) will be featuring...
Military Women’s Memorial partners with Community Building Art Works to present ‘More Than One Story: A Collective Poem by Military Women’
ARLINGTON, Va. –The Military Women’s Memorial and Community Building Art Works will unveil for the first time More Than One Story, a collaborative performance created by nine military women who share their stories through poetry. This event will take place at the...