my name is tony gallo. i am with the national press club. memorial eisenhower controversy now. that has been going on for years and we have no idea when the eisenhower memorial is being billed good we have several other the more of but not a world war i memorial. so there is much excitement about this project. to stick few words about our speaker. thend fountain is in international law firm jones day game he is the grandson of not one but two world war i veterans. i cofounded the world war memorial foundation. this led to the advocacy of a national world war i memorial on july 2013, he was nominated to the world war i centennial commission. he was elected vice chairman of 2014.mmission in july mr. fountain is the graduate of the university of carolina, the london school of economics, and the university of virginia law school. [applause] >> thank you. good morning. fountain, theund vice chairman of the u.s. world war i monument commission. it was given the mission of ensuring a suitable observation of the centennial of the great war and commemorating the service of men and women