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Pages in category "Monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C." The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 203 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page) *
The District of Columbia, capital of the United States, is home to 78 National Historic Landmarks.The National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. [1]
This is a list of properties and districts in Washington, D.C., on the National Register of Historic Places.There are more than 600 listings, including 74 National Historic Landmarks of the United States and another 13 places otherwise designated as historic sites of national importance by Congress or the President.
Pages in category "Monuments and memorials on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C." The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Pages in category "National monuments in Washington, D.C." The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States, victorious commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783 in the American Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is the largest of the many reflecting pools in Washington, D.C.. It is a 2,030-by-167-foot (619 by 51 m) rectangular pool located on the National Mall , directly east of the Lincoln Memorial , with the World War II Memorial and Washington Monument to the east of the reflecting pool.
Washington, D.C., has the largest amount of outdoor statues in the country. [2] Two well-known landmarks in the city, the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial , are technically American Revolutionary monuments, but due to their size and grandeur, they are excluded from the list.