The groundbreaking ceremony for the newest monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., commemorating the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War is scheduled for mid-summer.

Veterans and other dignitaries are set to convene at 9 a.m. July 14 to turn the first spades of dirt at what will become the National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial.
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