The Washington Monument is a white marble obelisk that was built to honor the first President of the United States, George Washington. It stands 555' 5-1/8" tall and can be seen from over 30 miles away.
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Monuments & Memorials
The Lincoln Memorial was buit in memory of the sixteenth President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. The building features a large statue of Lincoln and inscriptions of two of his famous speeches: The Gettysburg Address and his Second Inaugural Address.
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Deliberately setting aside the controversies of the war, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial honors the men and women who served when their Nation called upon them.
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Here, one finds the expression of American gratitude to those who restored freedom to South Korea. Nineteen stainless steel sculptures stand silently under the watchful eye of a sea of faces upon a granite wall—reminders of the human cost of defending freedom.
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The World War II Memorial commemorates the sacrifice and celebrates the victory of "the greatest generation."
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