Last Friday, President Trump, while at Camp David, signed into law the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Act, which allows for the construction of a war memorial monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

The Global War on Terrorism monument will be “a tangible symbol of the sacrifices made by fallen U.S. service members and their families while they were supporting the Global War on Terror,” according to the website gwotmemorialfoundation.org.

The Global War on Terror (GWOT) had its beginnings in October, 2001, in the northern mountains of Afghanistan shortly after the World Trade Center towers in New York City were attacked and destroyed on September 11, 2001.

For 16 years, longer than any other U.S. conflict, American service personnel have been fighting the GWOT all over the world. The GWOT War Memorial has a hopeful 2024 completion date and the cost to build this yet-to-be designed monument is estimated at $25-$35 million.

The timing for the GWOT Memorial Act legislation to become law is quite interesting to say the least, given all the recent tumult over some other war monuments.