Monuments and Memorials - A Photo Tour of Washington, DC
By Rachel Cooper, About.com Guide
Jefferson Memorial
Jefferson Memorial
Photo © Rachel Cooper, licensed to About.com, Inc.
The Jefferson Memorial is a dome-shaped rotunda that honor’s our third president, Thomas Jefferson. A 19-foot bronze statue of Jefferson is surrounded by passages from the Declaration of Independence and Jefferson’s other writings.
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- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
- Korean War Memorial
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- Navy Memorial
- Air Force Memorial
- Pentagon Memorial
- Theodore Roosevelt Memorial
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