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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]
Entrance to the memorial grove Footbridge across Boundary Channel connecting the Grove to the Pentagon grounds. Former President Lyndon B. Johnson died on January 22, 1973. Soon after, Johnson's admirers proposed constructing a statue in Washington, D.C., in his memory, but concern that it would be defaced led to rejection of that idea. [1]
Johnson Memorial is a public artwork from the foundry of Jno. Williams, Inc., located at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C., United States.Johnson Memorial was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's Inventory of American Painting and Sculpture in 1976–1969.
The Boy Scout Commemorative Tribute is a public artwork by American sculptor Donald De Lue, located on The Ellipse within The White House and President's Park in Washington, D.C., United States. The monument and fountain are maintained by the National Park Service.
The James Madison Memorial Building, the third and newest building of the Library of Congress, is an example of a memorial with both living and physical elements. The building houses a memorial hall to President James Madison, but is also dedicated in memory of his 1783 proposal that the Continental Congress form an official library.
Members of the Johnny Cash family at the dedication ceremony to unveil the statue of Johnny Cash in Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.
The monuments to the right are in the form of the Latrobe cenotaphs. Grave of John Philip Sousa. Congressional Cemetery was established by private citizens associated with Christ Church on a 4.5-acre plot in 1807, who later gave the property to the church, which gave it its official name Washington Parish Burial Ground.
"This memorial honors the brave men and women who broke into the United States Capitol on January 6th, 2021 to loot, urinate, and defecate throughout those hallowed halls,” reads a plaque on the ...