Jenny Teeter, director and shareholder at Gill Ragon Owen, P.A., played a part seven years ago in a memorial that comes to fruition in October 2026. The Desert Shield and Desert Storm Memorial opens in the National Mall in Washington, D.C. later this year.
The installation honors the 1991 Persian Gulf War, featuring Marine veteran Scott Stump, who fought for years to honor the 148 Americans killed in action. The six-week campaign liberated Kuwait from Saddam Hussein with over half a million American soldiers. “As a nation we should always remember all those who die for us,” said Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Rick Atkinson, who wrote a book about Desert Storm. “The fact that the casualty rate was relatively low, compared to the thousands or tens of thousands that many had feared would be the case, is a measure of success.”
Teeter helped the organization with governance matters and assisted in the initial push in 2019. “Something that’s important to me in my work is to help clients find creative solutions where everyone wins,” Teeter said. “For a project like this, that took so long, it’s pretty exciting to see everything come to fruition.”
CBS News featured the memorial on Sunday, March 1, 2026.
