National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission

[1] On November 28, 1913, President Woodrow Wilson issued Executive Order 1862, which expanded the CFA's advisory authority to cover any "new structures...which affect in any important way the appearance of the City, or whenever questions involving matters of art and with which the federal government is concerned..."[2] Executive Order 3524, issued by President Warren G. Harding on July 28, 1921, further expanded the CFA's review to the design of coins, fountains, insignia, medals, monuments, parks, and statues, whether constructed or issued by the federal government or the government of the District of Columbia.

[3] In 2000, the Joint Task Force issued a new policy for the design and placement of memorials and monuments in the national capital area.

Additional space in and around the city of Washington appropriate for memorials and monuments was also identified, and the agencies agreed to approve sites only in these areas through 2050.

These guidelines were intended to move designers away from the traditional statue or granite slab and toward "living memorials" that incorporated green space.

These restrictions include: Since 1986, the National Capital Memorial Commission and procedures established by the Commemorative Works Act have been bypassed only twice.

The second was when Congress enacted "An Act to Expedite the Construction of the World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia" (Pub.

This law required that the National World War II Memorial be constructed, and removed this decision from the jurisdiction of the federal courts.