Rep. Thelma Drake, R-Va., a member of the House Military Personnel Subcommittee, has introduced the Military Spouses Memorial Act of 2007, which would authorize a monument in the Washington, D.C., area. Drake joined the founders of the Military Spouses Legacy Association, Inc., Nicole Alcorn and Karie Darga, in a press conference in Norfolk, Va., to announce the commencement of a grassroots movement to honor the courage, patriotism and sacrifice of the nation’s military spouses, past and present, with a national monument. The Military Spouses Legacy Association, Inc., was founded in 2007 by Nicole Alcorn, a military spouse and the daughter of a military widow, and Karie Darga, who lost her husband in Iraq. The 501 (c) 3 association will be responsible for collecting private donations that will fund the construction and maintenance of the monument. For more information, visit http://www.militaryspousemonument.org/home.html.