MEMORIALS AND STATUES MAP
The National Park Service manages more than 150 parks and memorials throughout Washington, D. C., all of which fall under the National Mall and Memorial Parks unit of the National Park system. These include fountains, statues, traffic circles, nondescript parks, and even street corners. If you are ever standing at an intersection and see a piece of land too small to be useful, but on which a statue of someone you’ve never heard of sits, that’s probably a Memorial Park. The following is a list of memorials and other properties that I came upon during my travels around Washington.
African American Civil War Memorial
Location: 1925 Vermont Avenue Northwest
Dedication: 1997
African American Civil War Memorial, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
African American Civil War Memorial, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial
Location: 150 Washington Avenue, SW
Dedication: October 5, 2014
American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
Bernardo de Galvez Memorial
Galvez led Spanish forces against the English during the American Revolution.
Location: Virginia Avenue and 22nd Street
Dedication: June 3, 1976
Bernardo de Galvez Memorial, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
D. C. War Memorial
Memorial to Washington, D. C., residents who fought and died in World War I.
Location: National Mall, east of the Korean War Veterans Memorial
Dedication: November 11, 1931
D. C. War Memorial, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
D. C. War Memorial at night, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
George Mason Memorial
Memorial to Founding Father George Mason, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights.
Location: southwest of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in East Potomac Park
Dedication: April 9, 2002
George Mason Memorial, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
George Mason Memorial, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
George Gordon Meade Memorial
Memorial to General George Meade, who defeated Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg.
Location: 300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue
Dedication: October 19, 1927
George Meade Memorial, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
German-American Friendship Garden
Commemorates the 300th Anniversary of the first Germans to immigrate to America.
Location: National Mall north of the Washington Monument along Constitution Avenue
Dedication: November 15, 1988
German-American Friendship Garden, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II
Honors Japanese Americans who were sent to internment camps during World War II without being tried for espionage.
Location: Louisiana Avenue NW and D Street NW
Dedication: June 29, 2001
Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
Japanese Lantern and First Cherry Tree Planting
This monument marks the site where the original Cherry trees donated by Japan were planted.
Location: Tidal Basin shore just east of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
Dedication: March 30, 1954
Japanese Lantern, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
Japanese Pagoda
This small monument commemorates an American-Japanese peace agreement from 1854.
Location: Tidal Basin shore near the southern entrance to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Dedication: March 31, 1954
Japanese Pagoda, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
John Ericsson Memorial
Memorial to Swedish-born John Ericsson, the engineer who designed the USS Monitor and ushered in iron-clad naval warfare.
Location: south of the Lincoln Memorial in West Potomac Park
Dedication: May 29, 1926
John Ericsson Memorial, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
Jose Gervasio Artigas Memorial
One in a series of Statues of Liberators situated on Virginia Avenue that are dedicated to men who liberated their country from colonial rule (in this case, Uruguay).
Location: Virginia Avenue and Constitution Avenue
Dedication: June 15, 1950
Jose Artigas Memorial, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
Jose de San Martin Memorial
One in a series of Statues of Liberators situated on Virginia Avenue that are dedicated to men who liberated their country from colonial rule (in this case, Argentina)
Location: Virginia Avenue and 20th Street NW
Dedication: Originally dedicated on October 28, 1925. It was re-dedicated on October 6, 1976, after being moved to its present location to make way for a new Metro station.
General Jose de San Martin Memorial, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
Lock Keeper’s House
House of the locker keeper who tended a lock on the extension of the C & O Canal, which connected the C & O with the Washington City Canal.
Location: National Mall on the corner of Constitution Avenue and 17th Street
Constructed in the early 1830s
Lock Keeper’s House, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
Location: E Street between 4th and 5th Streets NW at Judiciary Square
Dedication: October 15, 1991
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
Simon Bolivar Memorial
One in a series of Statues of Liberators situated on Virginia Avenue that are dedicated to men who liberated their country from colonial rule (in this case, Venezuela)
Location: Virginia Avenue and 18th Street NW
Dedication: June 29, 1955
Simon Bolivar Memorial, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
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Last updated on November 5, 2025
