President Wilson is inaugurated in a private ceremony on Sunday, March 4, 1917, publicly taking the oath the next day.

“My beloved mother and sister, passengers on the Laconia, have been foully murdered on the high seas. I call upon my government to . . . save others of my countrymen from such deep grief as I now feel...

President Wilson tells a joint session of Congress that Germany’s policy of unrestricted U-boat warfare poses an unacceptable threat to “freedom of the seas.”...

By this time, the Germans feel they have no other choice:  the submarine is the only weapon that gives them an advantage over their enemies. Kaiser Wilhelm II gives an order:  “To all...

President Barack Obama signed legislation passed by Congress that designated the Liberty Memorial as a national World War I memorial with the same level of distinction as memorials such as the...

The National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial receives the distinction of National Historic Landmark.

The National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial opens to the public.

The Museum is designated by the 108th Congress as the United States’ official World War I Museum...

Citizens of Kansas City pass a half-cent sales tax for 18 months to support the restoration of the Liberty Memorial. Plans begin to build a new museum to display the WWI-related objects and documents...

The Liberty Memorial is closed due to safety concerns from deteriorated infrastructure.