Between Freedom Plaza and Sherman Park you will find Pershing Park. Home to an ice rink from November-Mid March and a small Memorial to General Pershing. He was the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in WWI , was the first person to achieve the Rank of Full General since Philip Sheridan in 1888, and the only person to become General of the Armies of America in their lifetime. George Washington was award the the rank General of the Armies of America by Gerald Ford in 1976 and Congress passed an Act which stipulated that no one would ever outrank Washington.