WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON COUNTY CIVIL WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL PLAQUE
SEE ALSO-WASHINGTON COUNTY CIVIL WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL
ATTACK ON WASHINGTON, N.C. WAR MEMORIAL MARKER
Location: WEST MAIN STREET AND VAN NORDEN STREET
City: WASHINGTON
State: North Carolina
Zip Code: 27889
BURNING OF WASHINGTON, N.C. WAR MEMORIAL MARKER
Location: BRIDGE STREET AND WEST SECOND STREET
City: WASHINGTON
State: North Carolina
Zip Code: 27889
DAVIES COUNTY CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL
Location: DAVIES COUNTY COURTHOUSE-EAST WASHINGTON STREET AND NE 2ND STREET
City: WASHINGTON
State: Indiana
Zip Code: 47501
THIS MEMORIAL IS THE TRIBUTE OF THE PEOPLE OF DAVIES COUNTY TO THE MEMORY OF HER BRAVE SOLDIERS WHO ENDURED HARDSHIPS AND FOUGHT THE BATTLES OF 1861-1865 THAT THE … Read More
JAMES A. GARFIELD MEMORIAL
Location: MARYLAND AVENUE SW AND EAST CAPITOL CIRCLE
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20004
JAMES A. GARFIELD 1831-1881 MAJOR GENERAL USV, MEMBER OF CONGRESS, SENATOR, AND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ERECTED BY HIS COMRADES OF THE SOCIETY OF THE ARMY … Read More
NAVAL MONUMENT
Location: PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND EAST CAPITOL CIRCLE
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20004
IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, SEAMEN AND MARINES OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY WHO FELL IN DEFENCE OF THE UNION AND LIBERTY OF THEIR COUNTRY 1861-1865 ALSO KNOWN AS … Read More
JULIA WARD HOWE MEMORIAL PLAQUE
IN HONOR OF JULIA WARD HOWE WHO WROTE THE “BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC” HERE AT THE OLD WILLARD HOTEL NOVEMBER 21, 1861
MISSING SOLDIERS MEMORIAL PLAQUE
AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, CLARA BARTON CREATED THE MISSING SOLDIERS OFFICE ON THE THIRD STORY TO HELP FAMILIES FIND SOLDIERS MISSING IN ACTION.
FORT TOTTEN WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
Location: FORT TOTTEN PARK-FORT TOTTEN DRIVE NE
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20011
BATTERY KEMBLE PARK WAR MEMORIAL MARKER
Location: BATTERY KEMBLE PARK-CHAIN BRIDGE ROAD NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20007
GENERAL JOHN A. LOGAN MEMORIAL
Location: LOGAN CIRCLE PARK-P STREET AND RHODE ISLAND AVENUE
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20006
GENERAL JOHN A. LOGAN THE FATHER OF MEMORIAL DAY. OF MEMORIAL DAY HE SAID “WE SHOULD GUARD THEIR GRAVES WITH SACRED VIGILANCE. ALL THAT THE CONSECRATED WEALTH AND TASTE … Read More
MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE BRINTON MCCLELLAN MEMORIAL
Location: CONNECTICUT AVE NW AND CALIFORNIA AVE NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20009
MAJOR GENERAL MCCLELLAN ORGANIZED THE FAMOUS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC AND SERVED BRIEFLY (NOVEMBER 1861 TO MARCH 1862) AS THE GENERAL-IN-CHIEF OF THE UNION ARMY.
MEMORIAL DAY ORDER MEMORIAL PLAQUE
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 11, HEADQUARTERS GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 5, 1868. THE 30TH DAY OF MAY, 1868 IS DESIGNATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF STREWING WITH … Read More
FORT STEVENS WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
Location: QUACKENBOS STREET NW AND 13TH STREET NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 2011
IN MEMORY OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC BY THE DAUGHTERS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865. THIS FORT WAS THE SITE OF THE ONLY BATTLE … Read More
LINCOLN MEMORIAL
Location: LINCOLN MEMORIAL CIRCLE AND CONSTITUTION AVE NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20037
“IN THIS TEMPLE AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS ENSHRINED FOREVER”
COLONEL ULRIC DHALGREN WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
THIS PLAQUE MARKS THE SPOT WHERE THE LEGO OF U.S. ARMY COLONEL ULRIC DAHLGREN, SON OF ADMIRAL JOHN DAHLGREN “FATHER OF AMERICAN NAVAL ORDNANCE” WAS INTERRED FOLLOWING HIS WOUNDING … Read More
WASHINGTON BOROUGH U.S.S. MAINE MEMORIAL
Location: WASHINGTON BOROUGH PARK-LOWER PARK DRIVE
City: WASHINGTON
State: New Jersey
Zip Code: 7882
IN MEMORIAM U.S.S. MAINE DESTROYED IN HAVANA HARBOR FEBRUARY 15, 1898 THIS TABLET IS CAST FROM METAL RECOVERED FROM THE U.S.S. MAINE. ON THE SHIELD-PATRIOTISM DEVOTION.
4-IN 40 CALIBER RIFLES MEMORIAL CANNONS
Location: WASHINGTON NAVY YARD-ISAAC HULL AVENUE SE
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20374
THESE TWO GUNS ARE ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS BREECH-LOADING RIFLES. GUN ON THE EAST SIDE, REGISTRY 21, MOUNTED ON USS PURITAN (MONITOR #1, BM-1 1896-1922) ONE OF THE LAST OF … Read More
THE HONTORIA 140MM GUN MEMORIAL
Location: NAVAL SUPPORT FACILITY-FIFTH STERLING AVENUE-ACCESS MAY BE RESTRICTED
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20032
THIS HONTORIA 140MM (5.9IN) NAVAL GUN WAS TAKEN FROM THE SPANISH CRUISER “ALMIRANTE QUENDO” FOLLOWING HER CAPTURE AT THE BATTLE OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA ON 3 JULY 1898 DURING … Read More
FIVE-INCH BRASS TROPHY GUNS MEMORIAL
Location: WEST EXECUTIVE AVENUE AND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20005
SEE ALSO-FIVE-INCH BRASS TROPHY GUNS MEMORIAL PLAQUE
FIVE-INCH BRASS TROPHY GUNS MEMORIAL PLAQUE
Location: WEST EXECUTIVE AVENUE AND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20005
SEE ALSO-FIVE-INCH BRASS TROPHY GUNS MEMORIAL
CUBA FRIENDSHIP URN MEMORIAL
THE MEMORY OF THE “MAINE WILL LAST FOREVER THROUGH THE CENTURIES AS WILL THE BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE HOMELAND OF CUBA AND THE HOMELAND OF THE UNITED STATES … Read More
MAJOR WALTER REED MEMORIAL
Location: WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER-MAIN DRIVE NW AND 14TH STREET NW-ACCESS MAY BE RESTRICTED
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20307
MAJOR WALTER REED, M.D. WAS A U.S. ARMY PHYSICIAN WHO IN 1901 LED THE TEAM THAT POSTULATED AND CONFIRMED THE THEORY THAT YELLOW FEVER IS TRANSMITTED BY A PARTICULAR … Read More
REAR ADMIRAL SAMUEL FRANCIS DU PONT MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN
Location: 19TH STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20036
THIS MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN IS IN RECOGNITION OF REAR ADMIRAL SAMUEL FRANCIS DU PONT’S DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR AND THE CIVIL WAR.
MAJOR GENERAL COMTE JEAN DE ROCHAMBEAU MEMORIAL
“WE HAVE BEEN CONTEMPORARIES AND FELLOW LABOURERS IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY AND WE HAVE LIVED TOGETHER AS BROTHERS SHOULD DO IN HARMONIOUS FRIENDSHIP” WASHINGTON TO ROCHAMBEAU
MAJOR GENERAL FRIEDRICH WILHELM VON STEUBEN MEMORIAL
IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICES TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY.
BRIGADIER GENERAL THADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO MEMORIAL
KOSCIUSZKO MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1776 AND PARTICIPATED IN THE FIGHTING AS A COLONEL IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY. HE ALSO OVERSAW THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GARRISON IN … Read More
MAJOR GENERAL MARQUIS GILBERT DE LAFAYETTE MEMORIAL
IN COMMEMORATION OF THE SERVICES RENDERED BY GENERAL LAFAYETTE AND HIS COMPATRIOTS DURING THE STRUGGLE FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
LIEUTENANT GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL
WASHINGTON’S RANK OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL WAS NOT DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BUT LATER IN THE QUASI-WAR OF 1798 WITH FRANCE.
MAJOR GENERAL NATHANAEL GREENE MEMORIAL
Location: STANTON PARK NORTHEAST-CAPITOL HILL
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20002
THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS ASSEMBLED IN HONOR OF HIS PATRIOTISM, VALOR AND ABILITY HAVE ERECTED THIS MONUMENT.
CAPTAIN NATHAN HALE MEMORIAL
Location: 10TH STREET AND CONSTITUTION AVE NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20001
CAPTAIN NATHAN HALE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES. IN PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTY HE RESIGNED HIS LIFE, A SACRIFICE TO HIS COUNTRY’S LIBERTY AT NEW YORK SEPTEMBER 22, 1776. … Read More
COMMODORE JOHN BARRY MEMORIAL
Location: FRANKLIN SQUARE-14TH STREET AND K STREET NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20005
COMMODORE JOHN BARRY UNITED STATES NAVY WAS AN OFFICER IN THE CONTINENTAL NAVY DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. HE IS SOMETIMES CREDITED AS “THE FATHER OF THE AMERICAN NAVY” A … Read More
GENERAL CASIMIR PULASKI MEMORIAL
Location: FREEDOM PLAZA-13TH STREE AND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20004
BRIGADIER GENERAL CASMIR PULASKI FELL IN THE BATTLE OF SAVANNAH 1748-1779.
BUTT-MILLET MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN
CAPTAIN ARCHIBALD BUTT MILITARY AID TO PRESIDENT WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, WHO ALSO SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION, DIED WITH HIS FRIEND FRANCIS DAVIS MILLET DURING THE SINKING OF THE … Read More
GENERAL WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN MEMORIAL
GENERAL SHERMAN LEAD HIS TROOPS TO THE CAPTURE OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA, A MILITARY SUCCESS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE RE-ELECTION OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN. SHERMAN’S SUBSEQUENT MARCH THROUGH … Read More
GENERAL PHILIP SHERIDAN MEMORIAL
Location: SHERIDAN CIRCLE-MASSACHUSETTS AVE AND 23RD STREET NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20008
GENERAL SHERIDAN LEAD THE CAVALRY CORPS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. IN 1864 HE DEFEATED CONFEDERATE FORCES IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.
NUNS OF THE BATTLEFIELD MEMORIAL
Location: RHODE ISLAND AVENUE NW AND CONNECTICUT AVENUE NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20036
THIS MEMORIAL SERVES AS A TRIBUTE TO THE OVER SIX HUNDRED NUNS WHO NURSED SOLDIERS OF BOTH ARMIES DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
GENERAL JOHN A. RAWLINS MEMORIAL
Location: RAWLINS PARK-E STREET AND 18TH STEET NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20006
GENERAL JOHN AARON RAWLINS WAS A UNITED STATES ARMY GENERAL DURING THE CIVIL WAR, A CONFIDANT OF ULYSSES S. GRANT AND LATER U.S. SECRETARY OF WAR.
GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK MEMORIAL
Location: PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW AND 7TH STREET NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20004
GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK WAS NOTED FOR HIS PERSONAL LEADERSHIP AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG IN 1863.
MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE HENRY THOMAS MEMORIAL
Location: THOMAS CIRCLE-14TH STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20005
MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE HENRY THOMAS WAS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMANDERS IN THE WESTERN THEATER DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
ADMIRAL DAVID G. FARRAGUT MEMORIAL
ADMIRAL DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT WAS A FLAG OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. HE WAS THE FIRST REAR ADMIRAL, VICE ADMIRAL AND ADMIRAL IN THE … Read More
MAJOR GENERAL JAMES B. MCPHERSON MEMORIAL
THIS MEMORIAL SHOWS GENERAL MCPHERSON SITTING UPON A HORSE, TURNED SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT AS IF SURVEYING A BATTLEFIELD.
THE PEACE MONUMENT
Location: PEACE CIRCLE-FIRST STREET NW AND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20004
ALSO KNOWN AS THE NAVAL MONUMENT OR CIVIL WAR SAILORS MONUMENT.
JOHN PAUL JONES MEMORIAL
Location: NATIONAL MALL AT 17TH STREET SW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20006
JOHN PAUL JONES IS THE FATHER OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY, THE ONLY NAVEL OFFICER TO RECEIVE A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. HE WAS ALSO FAMOUS … Read More
GENERAL GEORGE GORDON MEADE MEMORIAL
Location: E. BARRETT PRETTYMAN FEDERAL COUTHOUSE-333 CONSTITUTION AVE NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20001
THIS MEMORIAL IS A TRIBUTE TO GENERAL GEORGE GORDON MEADE WHO COMMANDED THE UNION FORCES AT GETTYSBURG.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC MEMORIAL
Location: PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW AND 7TH STREET
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20004
THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC WAS A VETERANS ORGANIZATION OF UNION SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. ONE INSCRIPTION READS “WHO KNEW NO GLORY BUT HIS COUNTRY’S GOOD”.
ULYSSES S. GRANT MEMORIAL
Location: UNION SQUARE-1ST STREET BETWEEN PENNSYLVANIA AVE AND MARYLAND AVE
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20005
THIS MEMORIAL IS THE SECOND LARGEST EQUESTRIAN STATUE IN THE UNITED STATES.
WINFIELD SCOTT MEMORIAL
Location: SCOTT CIRCLE AT 16TH STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND AVENUES
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20005
WINFIELD SCOTT, GENERAL-IN-CHIEF U.S. ARMY.
NATIONAL JAPANESE AMERICAN MEMORIAL
Location: LOUISIANA AVENUE AND D STREET NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20001
THE MEMORIAL CONSIST OF TWO JAPANESE CRANES CAUGHT IN BARBED WIRE. THIS COMMEMORATES JAPANESE AMERICAN HEROISM AND PATRIOTISM AS WELL AS THOSE HELD IN INTERNMENT CAMPS.
AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
Location: VERMONT AVENUE AND 10TH STREET NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20011
SEE ALSO-AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL.
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