War Memorial Center

The War Memorial Center is the focal point for various veteran, patriotic, cultural, art, and educational activities. The WMC, along with the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Trans World Flight Center in New York, and the Kresge Auditorium in Massachusetts, were designed by world renown Finnish American architect Eero Saarinen. The building was dedicated on Veterans Day 1957 as testament to the men and women who served our nation when called. The WMC mission – “Honor the Dead by Serving the Living.”