2022-09-12T13:09:36-05:00 2021-12-31 061667465 PRAGER METIS CPAS LLC 1360 BEVERLY ROAD SUITE 300 MCLEAN VA 22101 990 2021-01-01 134358477 FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL INC FRIE 2026752017 921 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE SE 316 WASHINGTON DC 20003 HOLLY ROTONDI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2026752017 2022-09-09 1 HOLLY ROTONDI 999009999 MATTHEW FRANK P01277196 7038210702 2022-09-09 3 AAL1 IAL1 2021 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z HOLLY ROTONDI 921 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE SE 316 WASHINGTON DC 20003 3152266 0 X WWIIMEMORIALFRIENDS.ORG X 2007 DC TEACHING THE LESSONS OF YESTERDAY TO UNITE THE GENERATIONS OF TOMORROW. 21 20 4 25 0 0 2765657 2759389 0 0 55500 109518 452 0 2821609 2868907 0 0 0 0 330673 331252 33438 45965 526726 842866 1503843 1206977 1881060 1614632 987847 4687360 5762394 65287 169044 4622073 5593350 X FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL (FRIENDS), BASED IN WASHINGTON, D.C., IS A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO TEACHING THE LESSONS OF YESTERDAY TO UNITE THE GENERATIONS OF TOMORROW. FOUNDED IN 2007 BY THE CREATORS OF THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL, FRIENDS BRINGS TOGETHER INDIVIDUALS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND AGES FOR NATIONAL CEREMONIES AND EXPERIENCES AT THE MEMORIAL AND FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS CENTERED AROUND THE THEMES OF UNITY, SHARED VALUES AND IDEALS, AND THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY. 0 0 1077191 EDUCATION:IN 2021, FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL CONTINUED TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES. TO THIS END, FRIENDS HOSTED ITS SIXTH ANNUAL FRIENDS OF THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL TEACHERS NETWORK AND CONFERENCE. DUE TO THE CONTINUING EFFECT OF THE WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC, THE FIVE DAY CONFERENCE WAS HELD VIRTUALLY FROM JULY 19-23, 2021 AND WAS ATTENDED BY AN AVERAGE OF 150 ONLINE PARTICIPANTS DAILY. THE CONFERENCE THEME WAS "COMING HOME AND FEATURED 12 EXPERT PRESENTATIONS AND FIVE VIRTUAL TOURS, INCLUDING A TOUR OF THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL AND A REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY. IN 2021, FRIENDS CONTINUED TO HOST A MONTHLY VIRTUAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE SERIES TO TEACH THE LESSONS OF YESTERDAY TO UNITE THE GENERATIONS OF TOMORROW. THE SERIES, FEATURING DISCUSSIONS WITH WORLD WAR II VETERANS, EDUCATORS, PUBLISHED AUTHORS, AND OTHER EXPERTS ON A RANGE OF TOPICS, IS HELD ON THE THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH. FRIENDS HELD EIGHT MONTHLY VIRTUAL EDUCATION CONFERENCES IN 2021 (JANUARY-APRIL AND SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER).THE FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE JACK C. TAYLOR / ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR WWII MEMORIAL EDUCATION ENDOWMENT. IN 2021, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WAS PROVIDED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.ON APRIL 29, 2021, THE 76TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF DACHAU BY AMERICAN FORCES, FRIENDS HOSTED A DISCUSSION WITH NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR ALEX KERSHAW AT THE ARMY AND NAVY CLUB AT FARRAGUT SQUARE. THE PROGRAM, FEATURING KERSHAW'S BOOK, THE LIBERATOR: ONE WORLD WAR II SOLDIER'S 500-DAY ODYSSEY FROM THE BEACHES OF SICILY TO THE GATES OF DACHAU, WAS ALSO AVAILABLE VIRTUALLY TO THE PUBLIC. THIS SPECIAL PROGRAM WAS SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES.IN THE FALL OF 2021, FRIENDS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ARRANGE FOR AUTHOR ALEX KERSHAW TO VISIT FOUR LOCAL SCHOOLS (POQUOSON HIGH SCHOOL, ROCHAMBEAU FRENCH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, FORK UNION MILITARY ACADEMY, AND ST. ALBANS SCHOOL) AND PRESENT ON HIS BOOK, THE LIBERATOR. KERSHAW SPOKE WITH MORE THAN 400 15-18-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS ABOUT THE REMARKABLE BATTLEFIELD JOURNEY OF U.S. ARMY OFFICER FELIX SPARKS THROUGH THE ALLIED LIBERATION OF EUROPE AND THE MORAL INTEGRITY AND COURAGE SPARKS DISPLAYED AT THE DARKEST MOMENT. THESE SCHOOL VISITS WERE GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 72421 COMMEMORATIVE:IN COOPERATION WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, FRIENDS HAS THE LEAD RESPONSIBILITY IN PLANNING, STAGING, AND FUNDING FIVE MAJOR NATIONAL COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS AT THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL ON VE DAY, MEMORIAL DAY, VJ DAY, VETERANS DAY, AND PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY. IN ADDITION, FRIENDS ANNUALLY HOSTS A D-DAY COMMEMORATION. THE CEREMONIES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE DECEMBER 7, 2021 PEARL HARBOR CEREMONY COMMEMORATED THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF IMPERIAL JAPAN 'S SURPRISE MILITARY ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES AT THE NAVAL BASE AT PEARL HARBOR IN HAWAII. IN ADDITION TO THE CEREMONY, FRIENDS INVITED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO READ THE NAMES OF THE MORE THAN 2,400 AMERICANS WHO WERE KILLED IN THE ATTACK. THE PEARL HARBOR 80TH ANNIVERSARY PROGRAMS WERE GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.ADDITIONALLY, IN 2021, FRIENDS LAUNCHED AND PRESENTED THE FIRST ANNUAL BRIGADIER GENERAL CHARLES E. MCGEE UNITY AWARD TO TELEVISION BROADCASTER ROBIN ROBERTS. THE ANNUAL AWARD IS NAMED FOR FRIENDS'S GOOD FRIEND, RETIRED AIR FORCE BRIGADIER GENERAL CHARLES E. MCGEE, WHO JUST RECENTLY PASSED AWAY BUT WHO EMBODIED AND LIVED BY THE HIGHEST AMERICAN IDEALS DURING HIS 102-YEARS. THE UNITY AWARD IS A SIGNIFICANT RECOGNITION OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP ACTIVELY WORKING FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND AND FOR LIVING UP TO THE MORAL INTEGRITY ESPOUSED BY GENERAL MCGEE AND HIS FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE "GREATEST GENERATION". 72107 PRESERVATION:FRIENDS IS LEADING THE EFFORT TO FULFILL THE CONGRESSIONAL MANDATE TO ADD PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT'S D-DAY PRAYER, OF THE LARGEST MASS PRAYERS IN HISTORY, TO THE WWII MEMORIAL AND TO PROVIDE A CONTEMPLATIVE SPACE TO REMEMBER THE MORE THAN 400,000 AMERICAN SOULS LOST DURING WWII. THE PRAYER ADDITION TO THE MEMORIAL IS BEING GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY THE LILLY ENDOWMENT INC. ADDITIONALLY, FRIENDS IS WORKING WITH CONGRESSWOMAN MARCY KAPTUR, THE "MOTHER OF THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL", AND SENATOR MIKE ROUNDS TO INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE THAT WILL RAISE PRIVATE FUNDS TO HELP PROVIDE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT OF THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL.IN AUGUST 2021, FRIENDS TRAVELED TO OHIO AND KANSAS TO DELIVER THE ORIGINAL WWII MEMORIAL ARCHITECTURAL MODELS WHICH WERE SET TO BE DESTROYED BY THE AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION TO THEIR NEW HOMES. THANKFULLY, FRIENDS WAS ABLE TO RE-HOME THESE HISTORIC ARTIFACTS AT THE NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON, D.C.; THE TOLEDO HISTORY MUSEUM AND JERUSALEM HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN OHIO; AND THE DOLE INSTITUTE OF POLITICS IN LAWRENCE, KANSAS. 12097 LEGACY LECTURE:ON NOVEMBER 9H, FRIENDS HELD THE NINTH ANNUAL HAYDN WILLIAMS WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL LEGACY LECTURE AT THE NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY. 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