The Price of Freedom - Washington, DC - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

County of plaque: District of Columbia
Location of plaque: East Potomac Mall, Independence Ave., within the WWII Memorial, Washington

Plaque Text:

The Price of Freedom Freedom Wall holds 4,048 gold stars. Each gold star represents one hundred American service personnel who died of remain missing in the war. The 405,399 American dead and missing from World War II are second only to the loss of more than 620,000 Americans during our Civil War.

Group that erected the marker: National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link] Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: 1964 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20227

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