National Parks - District of Columbia
Constitution Gardens
Dedicated in 1976 as an Bicentennial tribute. In 1982, the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence Memorial was dedicated here.Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
On April 14, 1865, President Lincoln was shot while attending a show here. Museum contains portions of the Olroyd Collection of Lincolniana.Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
A monument for the 32nd US president features a landscape of four outdoor rooms with granite walls, statuary, inscriptions, waterfalls and thousands of plants, shrubs and trees along the famous cherry tree walk on the Tidal Basin in West Potomac Park.Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
From 1877 to 1895 this was the home of the nation's leading 19th century African-American spokesman.Korean War Veterans Memorial
Includes 19 statues of infantry soldiers, a granite curb listing the 22 UN countries that sent troops or gave medical support, and a black granite wall.Lincoln Memorial
A tribute to President Lincoln and the nation during the Civil War. Features a 19-foot-high marble statue by sculptor Daniel Chester French.Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
A living memorial to the 36th President, park overlooks Potomac River vista of the Capital and features 500 white pines and inscriptions on Texas granite.Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
Headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women, it commemorates Bethune's leadership in the black women's rights movement from 1943 to 1949.National Capital Parks (Central Area)
Includes more than 80 structures and 150 named historic parks, squares, circles and triangles of natural and cultural significance in Washington, DC.National Mall
Extending from the Capitol to the Washington Monument, the National Mall was envisioned as a formal park in the L'Enfant Plan.Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
Includes section of Pennsylvania Ave and adjacent area between the Capitol and the White House, including Ford's Theatre NHS and the Old Post Office Tower.Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
Recognizes and commemorates the mix of history and recreation along the Potomac River.Rock Creek Park
One of the largest and oldest urban parks in the U.S. (established in 1890), located in Washington, DC.Theodore Roosevelt Island
Wooded island sanctuary on the Potomac River includes trails leading to an imposing statue of Roosevelt, the conservation-minded 26th President.Thomas Jefferson Memorial
The circular, colonnaded structure memorializes the political philosopher of the American Revolution and President from 1801-09.Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The black granite wall is inscribed with the names of more than 58,000 persons who gave their lives or remain missing in the Vietnam War.Washington Monument
Designed by Robert Mills, the 555-foot obelisk serves as a memorial to the nation's first president.White House (President's Park)
The residence and office of the US Presidents since November 1800. Cornerstone was laid in 1792, on the site selected included in the L'Enfant Plan.
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