Admiral Christopher W. Grady, Commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command (left) joins the Memorial team from The United States World War I Centennial Commission at the scale model maquette for the new National World War I Memorial in Washington, DC. (From second left) Commissioners Dr. Libby O'Connell and Vice Chair Edwin Fountain are leading the Memorial project for the Commission; Memorial Architect Joseph Weishaar and Memorial Sculptor Sabin Howard; and Commission Special Advisor Sandra Pershing, granddaughter-in-law of General John Pershing, Commander of the American Expeditionary Force in World War I.

Fleet Week 2019 Photo Gallery

Official reception marks beginning of Fleet Week New York 2019

By Chris Isleib
Director of Public Affairs, United States World War One Centennial Commission

The United States World War I Centennial Commission joined Admiral Christopher W. Grady, Commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, and other Sea Service leaders, and city officials, for a special reception to mark the start of Fleet Week New York.

Among the attendees was Mayor Bill De Blasio, who had a chance to see the scale model maquette for the new National World War I Memorial in Washington, DC, which the Commission is building.

Entertainment was provided by the cast of "The Hello Girls", an Off-Broadway musical which tells the story of the heroic U.S. Army Female Telephone Operators of World War I. 

Mayor Bill De Blasio of New York City (right) with United States World War I Centennial Commission Executive Director Daniel S. Dayton.