Top Monuments & Statues To See in Washington DC
A great list of monuments & statues to see when you visit Washington DC
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Lincoln Memorial - Joseph Doyle Anderson - CC BY-SA 3.0
Lincoln Memorial reflection pool - Dtcdthingy~commonswiki - CC BY-SA 3.0
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: (b&w wall) - Shadman Hussain - CC BY-SA 3.0 | (Three Fighting Men) - Infantry 351 - CC-BY-SA-3.0
Korean War Veterans Memorial: (freedom is not free) - 350z33 - CC BY-SA 3.0 | (Floor insriptions) - Michael Kranewitter - CC BY-SA 3.0 | (steel statues) - Aileenw97 - CC BY-SA 3.0)
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool: (at night) - Dsdugan - CC-BY-SA-4.0 | (Aerial View) - snty-tact - CC-BY-SA-2.5 | (with Washington Monument)- Dtcdthingy~commonswiki - CC-BY-SA-3.0
National World War II Memorial (golden stars at night) - dbking - CC BY-SA 3.0
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (FDR and his dog) - Stefan Fussan - CC BY-SA 3.0 | (FDR on wheelchair) Anja Scheble - CC-BY-SA-3.0 | (illuminated brick wall) Another Believer - CC-BY-SA-3.0
Jefferson Memorial: (Front Entrance) Michael Silva - CC-BY-SA-2.0 | (inside statue) Michael Kranewitter - CC BY-SA 3.0 | (from across the lake) Emw - CC BY-SA 3.0
Washington Monument: (at dusk) Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial: (Marble engraving) Lance Cheung - CC-BY-2.0 | (statue engraving) Lance Cheung - CC-BY-2.0
Chinatown Friendship Archway: (at 2:34) merfam - CC-BY-2.0 | (at 2:39) Leandro Neumann Ciuffo - CC-BY-2.0 | (at night) Joshr915 - CC-BY-SA-3.0
Albert Einstein Memorial: (with people standing on the statue) Photograph by Mike Peel (mikepeel.net) | (at 2:56) Ctac - CC-BY-SA-3.0
Vietnam Women's Memorial: (at 3:13) cliff1066 - CC-BY-2.0
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: (ground seal) AgnosticPreachersKid - CC-BY-SA-3.0 | (female lion closeup) yeowatzup - CC-BY-2.0 | (lighting at dusk) iclifford - CC-BY-SA-3.0
United States Navy Memorial: (approx 25m away) AgnosticPreachersKid - CC-BY-SA-3.0 | (bronze depictions) Another Believer CC-BY-SA-3.0 | (map on granite floor) Tomek Bartoszyński CC-BY-2.5
District of Columbia War Memorial: (lit roof at night) Another Believer - CC-BY-SA-3.0 | (daylight) 350z33 - CC-BY-SA-3.0 | (Night time) Another Believer - CC-BY-SA-3.0
George Mason Memorial: (at night) Dash j2 CC-BY-SA-3.0 - | (statue at day time) Zachary R. Ziccardi - CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Ulysses S. Grant Memorial: (at 4:36) Deadtrees - CC-BY-SA-2.0 | (at 4:38) Jptovsen - CC-BY-SA-3.0
Boy Scout Memorial: (at 4:50) AgnosticPreachersKid - CC-BY-2.0
Titanic Memorial: (at 5:12) AgnosticPreachersKid - CC-BY-SA-3.0 | (first picture) dbking - CC-BY-2.0
Mahatma Gandhi Statue:(5:24) Aaron Siirila - CC-BY-SA-2.5
Major General Winfield Scott Hancock Statue: (5:41) AgnosticPreachersKid - CC-BY-SA-3.0
56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence Memorial: (5:58) Ser Amantio di Nicolao - CC-BY-3.0
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White House - Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States
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One of America's most recognizable historical and political symbols is also the home and office of the President of the United States.
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- ... After a brief catch up we went for a walk and saw the White house, Reflecting pool, Lincoln, Washington Monument, Korean and WWII memorials ...
- ... We did look in the White House information building which had photos of the interior then headed over to some of the monuments ...
- ... I did the whole tourist thing, The Capitol, Washington Monument, Lincoln memorial, White House, Jeffeson etc etc ...
- ... Seeing the White House and the Mall and the Tomb of the Unknown Solider were pretty sweet but they would have been alot better if ...
- ... We planned on just walking around the hotel a bit, and a few hours later...we find ourselves all the way down at the White House ...
- ... It was Thomas Jefferson who promoted the idea of the earth's prime meridian running directly north of the White House ...
- ... We checked into our hotel, which was across the road from George Washington University, and made our way over to the White House, just a few blocks away ...
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Visiting The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington D.C.
A couple short clips of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington D.C. including the Stone of Hope from when I visited it in 2016.
Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Christian minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, King is best known for advancing civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, inspired by his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and sometimes referred to as MLK Day) is an American federal holiday marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year. King's birthday is January 15. The holiday is similar to holidays set under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. The earliest Monday for this holiday is January 15 and the latest is January 21.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is located in West Potomac Park next to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It covers four acres and includes the Stone of Hope, a granite statue of Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King carved by sculptor Lei Yixin. The inspiration for the memorial design is a line from King's I Have A Dream speech: Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope. The memorial opened to the public on August 22, 2011, after more than two decades of planning, fund-raising, and construction.
This national memorial is the 395th unit in the United States National Park Service. The monumental memorial is located at the northwest corner of the Tidal Basin near the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, on a sightline linking the Lincoln Memorial to the northwest and the Jefferson Memorial to the southeast. The official address of the monument, 1964 Independence Avenue, S.W., commemorates the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
A ceremony dedicating the memorial was scheduled for Sunday, August 28, 2011, the 48th anniversary of the I Have a Dream speech that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 but was postponed until October 16 (the 16th anniversary of the 1995 Million Man March on the National Mall) due to Hurricane Irene.
Although this is not the first memorial to an African American in Washington, D.C., King is the first African American honored with a memorial on or near the National Mall and only the fourth non-President to be memorialized in such a way. The King Memorial is administered by the National Park Service (NPS).
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Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Washington D.C. 2012
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 -- April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
He is best known for being an iconic figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. King is often presented as a heroic leader in the history of modern American liberalism.
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Frederick Douglas Statue Unveiling
These clips are used as a tool to keep youth informed as to cultural, current events with The OverGround Free-Way. Next, these are discussed in Real-Talk groups. This clip involves the Frederick Douglas Stature Unveiling at the Capital. The descendant, Nettie Washington Douglass, spoke beneath the bronze statue of Douglass in Emancipation Hall on the day known as Juneteenth, or Emancipation Day, before a crowd of 600 visitors that included Congressional leaders, relatives, current and former city officials, rights activists and historians.
Ms. Douglass's nod to her ancestor's support of equality came as the Supreme Court, in chambers just across the street, was preparing to decide cases involving same-sex marriage, affirmative action and voting rights.
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. joined Ms. Douglass and other leaders in hailing Douglass's rise from slavery to prominence as a writer and orator who helped pioneer the abolitionist movement. Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, said Douglass was the consummate self-made man, while Mr. Biden said he was one of my favorite Republicans.
He was born in horrific circumstances sanctioned by the laws passed in this very building, Mr. Biden said. But instead of condemning the nation who made him a slave, he embraced the sustaining principles and used them as a sword to try to free others. He fought, Mr. Biden added, to make this Capitol, this country live up to those ennobling words in the Constitution.
Douglass is one of four African-Americans who have been honored with a statue or a bust in the Capitol. The others are the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and Sojourner Truth.
The statue of Douglass stands seven feet tall and depicts him in his 50s, leaning against a lectern while giving a speech. It is a gift from the residents of the District of Columbia, presented after Congress passed a law in September to allow the district to be represented among the 50 states in the Capitol's collection of statues.
Douglass was born into slavery in Talbot, Md., sometime around February 1818. After teaching himself to read, he escaped at age 20 and fled to New York, where he founded the abolitionist newspaper The North Star and advocated women's suffrage. In 1845, he wrote a memoir, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, which became a best seller and an influential abolitionist text. He spent the last 23 years of his life in Washington, where he died at age 77. He was buried in Rochester, where he lived for 25 years.
During his time in Washington, Douglass pressed President Abraham Lincoln to end slavery and endorse voting rights for black Americans. Lincoln and two other Republican presidents appointed him to political positions. He also pushed for self-governance and voting rights for the residents of Washington.
Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat who is Washington's nonvoting delegate to Congress, has taken up that mantle, repeatedly introducing legislation in Congress that would grant statehood to Washington.
Some may know of my strongly held views that D.C. residents must enjoy equal Congressional, voting and self-government rights with other Americans, she told the crowd. I must defer, however, to Mr. Douglass, whose fervor on this issue is unmatched by any I know or have heard on the subject.
The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada, has thrown his weight behind the latest effort. He announced that on Tuesday he had signed on as a sponsor of legislation that would grant statehood to Washington.
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Sikh protesters rally outside the Indian Embassy
Washington, DC - 1 June 2002
1. Sikh Protestors in front of Indian embassy with Gandhi statue
2. Sikhs wave plaques and shout
3. Various of Sikhs protesting and holding signs
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Sikh protestors gathered on Saturday in front of the Embassy of India in Washington D.C. to remember the massacre of Sikhs in the Golden Temple of Amritsar, India in June 1984.
Around 20 Sikhs from the U.S. East Coast gathered demanding the recognition of an independent Sikh nation of Khalistan.
They also protested what they called the ongoing genocide against Sikhs and other minorities by India.
Sikhs ruled the Western region of India known as the Punjab until 1849 when the British Government took control of the subcontinent.
Sikhs claim they were equal partners with India during the transfer of power from Britian to India under Mahatma Gandhi in the 1940s, and that since then they have been victims of Indian agression and discrimination.
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Modi meets Obama; talk of strengthening economic ties, visit to Gandhi statue
US President Barack Obama met India's new prime minister on Tuesday and said he was impressed with Narendra Modi's determination to face his country's challenges.
Obama met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office.
It's Modi's first visit to the White House since his election in May.
Sitting alongside Obama, Modi said the India-US economic partnership will grow rapidly in the coming years.
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Christian Solidarity Event at the Israeli Embassy in D.C.
Penny Nance attends the fourteenth annual Christian Solidarity event in D.C.
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USA: WASHINGTON: MOTHER TERESA ATTENDS CEREMONY AT CONGRESS
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Partisan wrangling came to a halt and an unusual silence cloaked the Capitol on Thursday - if only for an hour - as Mother Teresa came to Congress.
The 86-year-old Roman Catholic nun, on her first extended trip since a series of illnesses threatened her life last year, heard a steady stream of praise from lawmakers and other dignitaries as they celebrated the recent passage of legislation to honor her with the Congressional Gold Medal.
The award is Congress' most prestigious civilian honor.
Mother Teresa was greeted by a standing ovation as she arrived at the Congressional awards ceremony to receive the body's highest honors.
Lawmakers and other dignitaries praised the work of the 86 year old nun and the inspiration she has had on the world.
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The congress finds that mother Teresa is a tool of god. The congress finds that God's love flowing through Mother Teresa has forever impacted the culture and history of the world. And the congress also finds that Mother Teresa truly leads by example, and shows the people of the world the way to live and love for mankind.
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U.S. Congressman Newt Gingrich also praised her inspirational work.
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Mother Teresa's life is witness, that the humble can be famous, that the weak can be powerful, that the meek can have strength, and that love can overcome hate. And it is because of that great witness, that Senator Thurman and I are honored to present to mother Teresa on behalf of the United States of America, this presentation of a Bill which was passed in her name.
SUPERCAPTION: Newt Gingrich, Rep. Speaker of the House of Representatives
The congressmen presented her with a copy of the resolution, which authorizes the U.S. Treasury to mint the medal. The front of the medal will bear an image of her holding a child.
Mother Teresa spoke of gratitude to all that have helped in her charitable missions and prayers for future work.
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People of the United States for the great help, love and care that we received from the very beginning. Especially my gratitude to the families who have been so generous in giving their daughters and their sons to the missionary of charity. Pray for us that we continue gods work with great love. And my prayer for you will be, let your families grow with joy love and unity, and bring that sanctity from which our lord is asking. God bless you.
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The 86-year-old Roman Catholic nun, is on her first extended trip since a series of illnesses threatened her life last year
Congress broke from the day's business so members could come to the ornate Rotunda for the hourlong tribute.
Mother Teresa, who recently stepped aside as leader of the Missionaries of Charity, the global religious mission she founded to serve the downtrodden nearly a half-century ago.
She was accompanied at the ceremony and on the trip, which has included visits to her local charities in Rome and New York, by Sister Nirmala, the 63-year-old Indian nun who was chosen in March
to succeed her.
Mother Teresa opened the Missionaries of Charity in 1947 in Calcutta, India. It now has more than 4,000 nuns who run more than 500 orphanages, homes for the poor, AIDS hospices and other charity
centers worldwide.
In recognition of her efforts, she received the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize in 1971, the Nehru Award for International Understanding in 1972, the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and the Presidential Medal of
Freedom in 1985.
But after years of dedication to God and the poor, Mother Teresa, decided to step down this year as head of the order, saying she was too ill.
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Hear Mr Hoover (1931)
Full title reads: America. Hear Mr Hoover and his grave words to his country and the world at opening of Columbia's War Memorial at which veteran composer John Philip Sousa made one of his now rare appearances.
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American President Herbert C Hoover speaks from in front of the memorial. (Poor focus).
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Gun March Leader Compares Himself To Gandhi
On July 4, Adam Kokesh hopes to lead 1,000 protesters armed with guns into Washington, D.C. to advocate for open carry. In Kokesh's eyes, a crowd armed with guns compares to the nonviolent civil disobedience practiced by Mahatma Gandhi.
Kokesh answered the Washington Post through a series of text messages:
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South Korean President Lays Wreath at Memorial
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in joined US Vice President Mike Pence in laying wreaths at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington Friday.
They were joined by Thomas Stevens, a Korean War veteran.
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USA: WASHINGTON: ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY PARADE
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Americans celebrated the 221st birthday of the United States Friday the best way they knew how - with music, fun, sun - and the landing of the Pathfinder on Mars.
The annual Fourth of July parade in Washington, DC, brought performers and celebrators from throughout the country.
Hot temperatures of over 80 degrees Fahrenheit (25 degrees centigrade) only added to the pleasure of celebrating the most patriotic day of the year in American history - the Fourth of July.
The celebration marks the date when the United Sates ceased to be a British colony and gained its independence.
It was on 4 July 1776 that American revolutionaries signed the Declaration of Independence.
And 221 years later, Americans paid homage to the ideals of the American Revolution - freedom, independence and liberty.
It was also an excuse for a party.
People lined the streets and watched the parade march past - full of music, colourful costumes and patriotism.
Those attending had a fine time -- this boy's favourite show was the cheerleaders in the parade.
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Q: What is the best thing about it?
A: Probably the cheerleaders.
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Another boy said he liked the music.
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The bands, I like the music.
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And one enjoyed seeing a Dalmatian dog riding on a carriage pulled by two horses.
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The Dalmatian with those horses, pulling those two guys.
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No Fourth of July parade would be complete without one of America's most patriotic symbol - Uncle Sam.
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Uncle Sam. He was quite high. Yes, super. Great bands, great day.
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The icon of the American government, Uncle Sam represents the best of American values - freedom and liberty.
And the parade also included Uncle Sam's female counterpart -- Aunty Sam.
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Peter Tork | Tribute | Transformation From 1 To 77 Years Old
Peter Halsten Thorkelson[1] (February 13, 1942 – February 21, 2019), better known as Peter Tork, was an American musician, composer and actor, best known as the keyboardist and bass guitarist of the Monkees.
Early life
Tork was born at the former Doctors Hospital, in Washington, D.C.[2] Although he was born in the District of Columbia in 1942,[3] many news articles incorrectly report him as born in 1944 in New York City, which was the date and place given on early Monkees press releases. He was the son of Virginia Hope (née Straus) and Halsten John Thorkelson, an economics professor at the University of Connecticut.[4][5] His paternal grandfather was of Norwegian descent, while his mother was of half German Jewish and half Irish ancestry.[6][7][8][9]
He began studying piano at the age of nine, showing an aptitude for music by learning to play several different instruments, including the banjo, acoustic bass, and guitar. Tork attended Windham High School in Willimantic, Connecticut, and was a member of the first graduating class at E. O. Smith High School in Storrs, Connecticut. He attended Carleton College before he moved to New York City, where he became part of the folk music scene in Greenwich Village during the first half of the 1960s. While there, he befriended other up-and-coming musicians such as Stephen Stills.
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Stephen Stills had auditioned for the new television series about four pop-rock musicians but was turned down because the show's producers felt his hair and teeth would not photograph well.[10] When asked if he knew of someone with a similar open, Nordic look, Stills suggested Tork should audition.[11] Tork got the job and became one of the four members of the Monkees, a pop band of the mid-1960s, created for a television sitcom. Tork was the oldest member of the group.
Tork was a proficient musician, and though other members of the group were not allowed to play their own instruments on their first two albums, he was an exception, playing what he described as third chair guitar on Michael Nesmith's song Papa Gene's Blues on their first album. He subsequently played keyboards, bass guitar, banjo, harpsichord, and other instruments on their recordings. He co-wrote, along with Joey Richards, the closing theme song of the second season of The Monkees, For Pete's Sake. On the television show, he was relegated to playing the lovable dummy, a persona Tork had developed as a folk singer in New York's Greenwich Village.[12]
The DVD release of the first season of the show contains commentary from the various bandmates. In it, Nesmith states that Tork was better at playing guitar than bass. In Tork's commentary, he states that Jones was a good drummer and had the live performance lineups been based solely on playing ability, it should have been Tork on guitar, Nesmith on bass, and Jones on drums, with Dolenz taking the fronting role, rather than as it was done (with Nesmith on guitar, Tork on bass, and Dolenz on drums). Jones filled in briefly for Tork on bass when he played keyboards.
Recording and producing as a group was Tork's major interest, and he hoped that the four members would continue working together as a band on future recordings. However, the four did not have enough in common regarding their musical interests. In commentary for the DVD release of the second season of the show, Tork said that Dolenz was incapable of repeating a triumph. Dolenz felt that once he had accomplished something and became a success at it, there was no artistic sense in repeating a formula.
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