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National memorial in Washington, D.C. For other uses, see Jefferson Memorial (disambiguation). United States historic place

Jefferson Memorial
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Jefferson Memorial across the Tidal Basin in August 2018
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Location	900 Ohio Drive, S.W., National Mall, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Coordinates	38°52′53″N 77°02′11.5″W / 38.88139°N 77.036528°W / 38.88139; -77.036528
Area	18.36 acres[1]
Built	1943; 83 years ago (1943)
Architect	John Russell Pope; Eggers & Higgins
Architectural style	Classical Revival
Visitation	2,312,726 (2005)
Website	Thomas Jefferson Memorial
NRHP reference No.	66000029
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966[2]
Designated NMEM	April 13, 1943[3]

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a national memorial in Washington, D.C., built in honor of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the nation's third president.[4] Built between 1939 and 1943, the memorial features multiple quotes from Jefferson intended to capture his ideology and philosophy, known as Jeffersonian democracy. Jefferson was widely considered among the most influential political minds of his era and one of the most consequential intellectual forces behind both the American Revolution and the American Enlightenment.

The Jefferson Memorial is built in neoclassical style and is situated in West Potomac Park on the shore of the Potomac River. It was designed by John Russell Pope, a New York City architect, and built by Philadelphia contractor John McShain. Construction on the memorial began in 1939 and was completed in 1943, though the bronze statue of Jefferson was not completed and added until four years after its dedication and opening, in 1947.[5] Pope made references to the Roman Pantheon, whose designer was Apollodorus of Damascus,[6] and to Jefferson's own design for the rotunda at the University of Virginia as inspirations for the memorial's aesthetics. The Jefferson Memorial and the White House form anchor points to the National Mall in Washington, D.C..

The Jefferson Memorial is a designated national memorial and is managed by the National Park Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Mall and Memorial Parks division. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and ranked fourth on the American Institute of Architects' "list of America's favorite architecture".

History

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Early considerations

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The Jefferson Memorial sits on filled land within the Potomac River that, in the late 19th century, was used as a beach.[4] The site was appealing at least partly because it was located directly south of, and in view of, the White House.[5] In 1901, the Senate Park Commission was established to create a plan for Washington, D.C.'s park system, later to become the McMillan Plan.[7][8] The commission proposed building a Pantheon-like structure on the site to host "the statues of the illustrious men of the nation".[5][9] This structure, if built, would have been accompanied by six larger structures.[9] Congress took no action on the commission's recommendation.[5][9]

The completion of the Tidal Basin Inlet Bridge in 1908 helped facilitate and expand recreational usage of East and West Potomac Parks. In 1918, large liquid chlorine dispensers were installed under the bridge to treat the water, which made the Tidal Basin, also known as Twining Lake, suitable for swimming. The Tidal Basin Beach, on the site of the future Jefferson Memorial, opened in May 1918, operating as a "Whites Only" facility until 1925, when it was permanently closed to avoid addressing the question of whether it should be racially integrated.[10] The same year, a design competition was held for a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt. The winning design, submitted by John Russell Pope, consisted of a semicircular memorial situated next to a circular basin. Like the McMillan Plan, this was never funded by Congress or acted upon.[5]

1930s proposal

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Plans proceed

[edit] Jefferson Memorial

Long title	A joint resolution authorizing the creation of a Federal Memorial Commission to consider and formulate plans for the construction on the apex block, Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues, in the city of Washington, D.C., of a permanent memorial to the memory of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence.
Enacted by	the 73rd United States Congress
Effective	June 26, 1934
Citations
Statutes at Large	48 Stat. 1243
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.J. Res. 371 by John J. Boylan (D–NY) on June 13, 1934 Committee consideration by Joint Library Passed the House on June 16, 1934  Passed the Senate on June 16, 1934  Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 26, 1934

Another opportunity for the Jefferson Memorial's development emerged in 1934, when then President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who came to admire Jefferson after reading a book on Jefferson by his friend Claude G. Bowers, inquired with the Commission of Fine Arts about erecting a memorial to Jefferson. Roosevelt included plans for the Jefferson Memorial in the Federal Triangle project, which was then under construction. Later the same year, Congressman John J. Boylan followed Roosevelt's lead, urging Congress to create the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission to explore the memorial's development.[5]

The organization was established on April 12, 1935—the day before Jefferson's 192nd birthday—with Boylan as the Commission's first chairman.[11][12] At the time, the Commission was tentatively considering a memorial building to Jefferson opposite the National Mall from the National Archives Building, as well as a monument to Jefferson halfway between the two structures. In conjunction, the original manuscript of the United States Declaration of Independence was to be moved to a new monument in the National Archives Building, forming a straight line of three memorials.[11][13] The Commission chose John Russell Pope, the new National Archives Building's designer, as architect for the Jefferson Memorial.[5]

Pope prepared four different plans for the project, each on a different site. One was on the Anacostia River at the end of East Capitol Street; one at Lincoln Park; one on the south side of the National Mall across from the National Archives administration building; and one was situated on the Tidal Basin, directly south of the White House. The Commission preferred the site on the Tidal Basin mainly because it was the most prominent site of those proposed and completed the four-point plan called for by the McMillan Commission, which encompassed the region including the Lincoln Memorial to the Capitol and from the White House to the Tidal Basin site. Pope designed a large pantheon-like structure designed to be situated on a square platform, flanked by two smaller, rectangular, colonnaded buildings.[5]

Funding and authorization

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Pope had died in 1937 and his surviving partners, Daniel P. Higgins and Otto R. Eggers, assumed leadership for the Jefferson Memorial's construction.[14] The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission supported the pantheon-like structure, but the Commission of Fine Arts wanted the design to be "more open in character", with more horizontal design emphases and greater similarities to the White House.[15] At the request of the Commission of Fine Arts, a slightly more conservative design for the memorial was agreed upon. The memorial's cost was approximately $3 million.[14] Congress eventually appropriated this amount for the Jefferson Memorial,[5] including $500,000 in its deficiency bill of June 1938.[16]

Construction

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Construction proceeded amid some opposition. The Commission of Fine Arts never actually approved any design for the memorial and even published a pamphlet in 1939 opposing both the proposed design and site for the memorial. Additionally, some Washingtonians opposed the proposed location for it because it did not align with L'Enfant's original plan for the city, and many established elm and cherry trees, including rare stock donated by Japan in 1912,[17] would be removed under the memorial's original plan. Construction continued amid the opposition,[5] which included women protestors chaining themselves to cherry trees around the construction site in November 1938.[18][19] Opposition to the memorial proved dismaying to Roosevelt, but the opposition diminished notably once revised plans identified a means for maintaining the surrounding cherry trees amidst the memorial's construction.[17]

Construction on the Jefferson Memorial began December 15, 1938.[20] The cornerstone, containing 15 volumes with all of Jefferson's publications,[21] was laid roughly eleven months later, on November 15, 1939, by Roosevelt himself.[22][23] In 1939, the Memorial Commission hosted a competition to select a sculptor for the planned Jefferson statue to be placed in the center of the memorial. They received 101 entries and chose six finalists. Of the six, Rudulph Evans was chosen as the main sculptor, and Adolph A. Weinman was chosen to sculpt the pediment relief situated above the memorial's entrance.[5]

• The Jefferson Memorial's construction as seen from across the left side of the Tidal Basin in 1940
• The Jefferson Memorial's construction as seen from the top of the Washington Monument in 1940
• The Jefferson Memorial's construction as seen from across the center of the Tidal Basin in May 1941

Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. designed the memorial landscape, which featured a simple design within a circular driveway including primarily Evergreen trees with limited flowering trees or shrubs. The design was perceived as too thin, so white pines and some other plantings were later added before the memorial's dedication in 1943.

Opening and subsequent history

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On April 13, 1943, the 200th anniversary of Jefferson's birthday, the Jefferson Memorial was officially dedicated and opened by Roosevelt.[24] At the time, Evans' statue had not yet been finished due to material shortages that emerged during World War II. Instead, the memorial opened with a temporary plaster cast statue similar to the bronze statue that Evans completed four years later.[25] The statue's cast was developed by Roman Bronze Works in New York City.[5] The statue was ultimately installed inside the memorial in April 1947.[25][26] The ground around the monument began to visibly sag in the years after it was completed.[27]

In the 1970s, nearly three decades after the memorial's opening, additional changes to Olmsted's landscaping were implemented. But in 1993 and 2000, attempts to restore the integrity of Olmsted's initial design were made.[28] Roosevelt ordered trees be cut so that the Jefferson Memorial was clearly visible from the White House; additional tree pruning was also completed to create an unobstructed view between the Jefferson Memorial and Lincoln Memorial.[28]

By the 2000s, the grounds were sinking, and part of the seawall surrounding the monument was falling into the Tidal Basin, despite efforts over the years to shore up the monument.[29] Water regularly flooded over the seawall at high tide by the 2020s, sometimes reaching the monument, prompting a reconstruction of the seawall.[30]

Site

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The monument is located in West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C..[31] It sits on the shore of the Potomac River's Tidal Basin, which borders the monument to the west and north; ramps from the 14th Street Bridges surround it on the other two sides.[31] Because the monument sits on filled land,[4] it is supported by deep foundations that extend 90 feet (27 m) deep.[27] The park is enhanced with the massed planting of Japanese cherry blossom trees, which predated the memorial's construction and were a 1912 gift from the people of Japan.[32]

The Jefferson Memorial is located exactly south of the White House.[31][33] The north–south axis through the Jefferson Memorial and White House, and the west–east axis through the Lincoln Memorial and National Mall, were originally intended to converge at the Washington Monument. The Washington Monument was built farther east because the ground at that location was deemed too soft and swampy.[34] The Jefferson Memorial also lies approximately on the same axis as Maryland Avenue across the Tidal Basin, which continues northeast.[31]

Although the Jefferson Memorial is geographically removed from other buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and Washington Metro, the memorial plays host to many events and ceremonies each year, including memorial exercises, the Easter Sunrise Service, and the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival, and ranks highly among destinations for visitors to the city each year.[32]

Description and features

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Exterior

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The Jefferson Memorial is composed of circular marble steps, a portico, a circular colonnade of Ionic order columns, and a shallow dome. The building is open to the elements. It has a diameter of approximately 165 feet (50 m).[14] Each of the 26 columns is 14 feet (4.3 m) high and measures 5 feet 3 inches (1.60 m) in diameter.[33] The bays between each column are 6+3⁄4 feet (2.1 m) wide.[26]

The memorial is constructed with white Imperial Danby marble taken from Vermont,[33] which rests on a series of granite and marble-stepped terraces. A flight of granite and marble stairs and platforms, flanked by granite buttresses, leads up to the memorial from the Tidal Basin to a portico with a triangular pediment. The front of the portico is seven bays wide (interspersed between eight columns), while the sides are two bays wide.[33]

The pediment features a sculpture by Adolph Alexander Weinman depicting the Committee of Five, the five members of the committee charged with drafting the U.S. Declaration of Independence. In addition to Jefferson, who was the primary author, committee members included John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman. A cornice with an egg and dart molding surrounds this pediment, and below that is a plain frieze.[28]

Interior

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The memorial's interior is made of Georgia white marble.[33] It has a 19 feet (5.8 m) tall, 10,000 lb (4,500 kg) bronze statue[36] of Jefferson developed by sculptor Rudulph Evans.[36] The statue was added four years after the dedication. Among many Jefferson quotes inside the memorial, one of the most prominently situated are those inscribed in the frieze below the dome: "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."[37] This sentence is taken from a letter written by Jefferson on September 23, 1800,[38] to Benjamin Rush in which Jefferson defends the constitutional refusal to recognize a state religion.

A lower level of the structure contains a gift shop and a museum focusing on Jefferson's life and political career.

Inscribed panels

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Four panels in the memorial bear inscribed quotations.[33] On the panel of the southwest interior wall are excerpts from the United States Declaration of Independence:[39]

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men. We...solemnly publish and declare, that these colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states...And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.

The inscription uses the word "inalienable", as appears in Jefferson's draft rather than "unalienable" as ultimately appeared in the final Declaration.[40]

On the panel of the northwest interior wall is a quote from the 1777 Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, which excludes the quote's final sentence and is taken from an August 28, 1789, letter Jefferson wrote to James Madison:[39][41]

Almighty God hath created the mind free...All attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens...are a departure from the plan of the Holy Author of our religion...No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship or ministry or shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief, but all men shall be free to profess and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion. I know but one code of morality for men whether acting singly or collectively.

The Jefferson quotes from the panel on the northeast interior wall come from multiple sources. The first, which begins "God who gave us life gave us liberty" is from A Summary View of the Rights of British America.[42] The second, third, and fourth sentences are from Notes on the State of Virginia.[43] The fifth quote, which begins "Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free" is from Jefferson's autobiography.[44] The sixth sentence, beginning "Establish the law...", is from a letter of August 13, 1786, to George Wythe.[45] The final sentence is from a letter of January 4, 1786, to George Washington:[39][46]

God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever. Commerce between master and slave is despotism. Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than these people are to be free. Establish the law for educating the common people. This it is the business of the state to effect and on a general plan.

The inscription on the panel of the southeast interior wall is excerpted from Jefferson's July 12, 1816, letter to Samuel Kercheval:[39][47]

I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.

Awards and landmark designations

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In 1944, Eggers & Higgins received the Biennial Certificate of Merit for their work on the Jefferson Memorial.[48] On October 15, 1966, in recognition of the Jefferson Memorial's historical and artistic significance, the Jefferson Memorial was named to the National Register of Historic Places.[2][49] In 2007, it ranked fourth on the "list of America's favorite architecture", published by the American Institute of Architects.[50]

Gallery

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• Exterior details
• Pediment, with an Adolph Alexander Weinman sculpture of the Committee of Five
• Portico ceiling
• Bronze statue and dome ceiling
• Dome ceiling and frieze
• Exterior columns

• Interior details
• Detail of the statue's head
• "We Hold These Truths"
• "God Who Gave Us Life"
• "I Am Not an Advocate for Frequent Changes..."
• "Almighty God Hath Created the Mind Free..."

• Views of the Memorial
• Jefferson Memorial with the Washington Monument in background
• Tidal Basin view in March 2016
• Jefferson Memorial looking Northeast
• Jefferson Memorial at night
• Jefferson Memorial looking North

See also

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• Adams Memorial (proposed)
• Architecture of Washington, D.C.
• Benjamin Franklin National Memorial
• George Mason Memorial – Memorial by Wendy M. Ross in Washington, D.C., U.S.
• James Madison Memorial Building – Building of the United States Library of Congress
• List of national memorials of the United States
• List of sculptures of presidents of the United States
• List of statues of Thomas Jefferson
• Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence – Memorial in the Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
• Monticello – Primary residence of U.S. Founding Father Thomas Jefferson
• Presidential memorials in the United States
• Washington Monument – U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C.

References

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 This article incorporates public domain material from Thomas Jefferson Memorial Features. National Park Service.

Bibliography

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• Goode, James M. (1974). The outdoor sculpture of Washington, D.C. : a comprehensive historical guide. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press [distributed by G. Braziller]. ISBN 978-0-87474-138-4.
• Historic Structures Report: Thomas Jefferson Memorial (Report). National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service. October 15, 1966.
• Yarsinske, Amy Waters (2017). The Jefferson Memorial Through Time. Fonthill Media LLC. ISBN 978-1-63500-049-8.

Further reading

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• Bedford, Steven (1998). John Russell Pope: Architect of Empire. Rizzoli. ISBN 978-0-8478-2086-3.
• Ferry, Joseph (2003). Jefferson Memorial: A Monument to Greatness. Mason Crest Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4222-8748-4.
• United States National Park Service Office of Public Affairs; United States National Park Service Division of Publications (2001). The National parks : index 2001-2003. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. OCLC 53228516.

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Related	American Enlightenment American Philosophical Society Founding Fathers of the United States Historical reputation Jefferson and education Religious views Jefferson and slavery Jefferson and the Library of Congress Jefferson Pier Pet mockingbird National Gazette Relationship with Alexander Hamilton Sally Hemings Jefferson–Hemings controversy Betty Hemings Separation of church and state Shadwell plantation Tuckahoe plantation Tufton Farm Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Virginia) Virginia dynasty Ward republic
Elections	Presidential elections 1796 1800 1804
Legacy andmemorials	Bibliography Jefferson Memorial Mount Rushmore Birthday Thomas Jefferson Building Jefferson River Jefferson Territory Fort Jefferson Jefferson Lecture Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Square Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson Star for Foreign Service Statues Karl Bitter Louisville University of Virginia David d'Angers Jefferson Literary and Debating Society Thomas Jefferson Foundation Jefferson Lab Monticello Association Jefferson City, Missouri Jefferson College Thomas Jefferson University Washington and Jefferson National Forests Peaks and mountains Jefferson Rock Other placenames Jefferson–Jackson Day Currency depictions Jefferson nickel Two-dollar bill Louisiana Purchase Exposition gold dollar 250th Anniversary silver dollar Semiquincentennial coinage U.S. postage stamps
Culturaldepictions	Alexander Hamilton (1931 film) Declaration of Independence (1938 film) The Patriots (1946 play) 1776 1969 musical 1972 film Jefferson in Paris (1995 film) Thomas Jefferson (1997 film) The Revolution (2006 miniseries) John Adams (2008 miniseries) Jefferson's Garden (2015 play) Hamilton (2015 musical) Thomas Jefferson (2025 miniseries) The American Revolution (2025 miniseries) Wine bottles controversy Cultural depictions of Sally Hemings
Family	Martha Jefferson (wife) Martha Jefferson Randolph (daughter) Mary Jefferson Eppes (daughter) Beverley Hemings (son) Harriet Hemings (daughter) Madison Hemings (son) Eston Hemings (son) Thomas J. Randolph (grandson) George W. Randolph (grandson) Ellen Randolph Coolidge (granddaughter) Cornelia Jefferson Randolph (granddaughter) Francis Eppes (grandson) John Wayles Jefferson (grandson) Sarah N. Randolph (great-granddaughter) T. Jefferson Coolidge (great-grandson) Frederick Madison Roberts (great-grandson) Peter Jefferson (father) Jane Randolph Jefferson (mother) Lucy Jefferson Lewis (sister) Randolph Jefferson (brother) Peter Carr (nephew) Samuel Carr (nephew) Dabney Carr (nephew) Dabney S. Carr (grand-nephew) Isham Randolph (grandfather) William Randolph (great-grandfather) Henry Soane (2nd great-grandfather)
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v t e Landmarks of Washington, D.C.
Memorials	Adams African American Civil War American Veterans Disabled for Life John Barry Belmont–Paul Women's Equality National Monument Mary McLeod Bethune Boy Scout James Buchanan John Carroll Christopher Columbus D.C. War Albert Einstein Emancipation Dwight D. Eisenhower John Ericsson David Farragut First Division Thomas Gallaudet James A. Garfield Kahlil Gibran Samuel Gompers Ulysses S. Grant Holocaust Museum Holodomor Genocide Andrew Jackson Japanese American Patriotism During World War II Jefferson Memorial Lyndon Baines Johnson Grove John Paul Jones Marquis de Lafayette Law Enforcement Officers Lincoln Memorial statue Martin Luther King, Jr. Korean War Veterans George Mason George B. McClellan George Meade Peter Muhlenberg National Statuary Hall Collection Navy and Marine Nuns of the Battlefield Peace Monument John J. Pershing Second Division Signers of the Declaration of Independence The Extra Mile Three Soldiers Jean de Rochambeau Franklin Delano Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Island Taras Shevchenko Statues of the Liberators Oscar Straus Robert A. Taft Robert F. Kennedy Titanic United States Navy Victims of Communism Vietnam Veterans Vietnam Women's Washington Monument Daniel Webster World War I World War II Rainbow Pool
Other	Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Blair House Capitol Reflecting Pool Congressional Cemetery DAR Constitution Hall Exorcist steps First Air Mail Marker Ford's Theatre Petersen House Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Healy Hall Hillwood Estate and Museum Islamic Center Jefferson Pier John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Library of Congress Jefferson Adams Madison National Arboretum National Capitol Columns National Building Museum National Gallery of Art Lincoln's Cottage at Soldiers' Home Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool National Archives National Cathedral National Mall Octagon House Old Post Office Old Stone House Smithsonian Institution St. John's Episcopal Church The Arts of War and The Arts of Peace Tidal Basin Treasury Building Freedman's Bank Building Tudor Place Union Station United States Capitol Dome Rotunda United States Supreme Court Building Watergate complex White House Willard Hotel
Parksand plazas	Constitution Gardens Dupont Circle East Potomac Park Farragut Square Freedom Plaza Lafayette Square L'Enfant Plaza Meridian Hill Park National Arboretum Pershing Park President's Park Rock Creek Park The Ellipse Union Square United States Botanic Garden West Potomac Park
Boundaries	Anacostia River Arlington Memorial Bridge Boundary markers of the original District of Columbia Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Constitution Avenue Francis Scott Key Bridge Pennsylvania Avenue Potomac River Zero Milestone
Nearbylandmarks	Arlington National Cemetery Tomb of the Unknown Soldier John F. Kennedy gravesite McClellan Gate Military Women's Memorial Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon Memorial Arlington House Marine Corps War Memorial Mount Vernon Netherlands Carillon Pentagon Pentagon Memorial United States Air Force Memorial George Washington Masonic National Memorial Women in Military Service for America Memorial
Planned	Adams Memorial Memorial Circle arch National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial National Liberty Memorial New Commanders Stadium Peace Corps Commemorative Women's Suffrage National Monument
Canceled	George Washington Memorial Building Gold Star Mothers National Monument
Related	National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission National Mall and Memorial Parks List of National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C. National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
Public art in Washington, D.C. (American Revolution Statuary, Civil War Monuments, Commemorating African-Americans, Outdoor sculpture)

v t e Protected areas of Washington, D.C.
National Historic Sites and Parks	Carter G. Woodson Home Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Ford's Theatre Frederick Douglass Mary McLeod Bethune Council House Pennsylvania Avenue
National Memorials	Dwight D. Eisenhower Franklin Delano Roosevelt Korean War Veterans Lincoln Lyndon Baines Johnson Grove Martin Luther King, Jr. Theodore Roosevelt Island Thomas Jefferson Vietnam Veterans Washington Monument World War I World War II
National Monuments	Belmont–Paul Women's Equality President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home
National Parkways	Baltimore–Washington Clara Barton George Washington Memorial Rock Creek and Potomac
National Trails	Potomac Heritage Captain John Smith Chesapeake Star-Spangled Banner Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route
President's Park	The Ellipse Lafayette Square White House
National Capital Parks-East	Anacostia Fort Circle Fort Dupont Fort Stanton Kenilworth Oxon Run Parkway Shepherd Parkway
Rock Creek Park	Rock Creek Barnard Hill Bryce Dumbarton Oaks Fort Slocum Georgetown Waterfront Glover-Archbold Little Forest Meridian Hill Montrose Old Stone House Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway
Other	National Historic Landmarks National Register of Historic Places

v t e John Adams
2nd President of the United States (1797–1801) 1st Vice President of the United States (1789–1797) U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1785–1788) U.S. Minister to the Netherlands (1782–1788) Delegate to the Second Continental Congress (1775–1778) Delegate to the First Continental Congress (1774)
Founding of theUnited States	Braintree Instructions (1765) Boston Massacre defense Continental Association Petition to the King United Colonies Thoughts on Government (1776) Lee Resolution (seconded) Declaration of Independence May 15 preamble Committee of Five Model Treaty Treaty of Amity and Commerce Treaty of Alliance Board of War Chairman of the Marine Committee, 1775–1779 Continental Navy Staten Island Peace Conference Conference House Constitution of Massachusetts (1780) Treaty of Paris, 1783 Diplomacy
Elections	United States presidential election 1788–1789 1792 1796 1800
Presidency(timeline)	Inauguration Quasi War with France XYZ Affair United States Department of the Navy Commerce Protection Act United States Marine Corps Convention of 1800 Mississippi Organic Act Alien and Sedition Acts Naturalization Act of 1798 Sick and Disabled Seamen Relief Act Marine Hospital Service Bankruptcy Act of 1800 Indiana Organic Act Slave Trade Act of 1800 District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 Navy Department Library Treaty of Tellico Treaty of Tripoli Midnight Judges Act Marbury v. Madison State of the Union Address (1797 1798 1799 1800) Presidential transition of Thomas Jefferson Cabinet Federal judiciary appointments
Other writings	Massachusetts Historical Society holdings Adams Papers Editorial Project A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America Letters of Mrs. Adams, the Wife of John Adams Founders Online Gray v. Pitts
Life andhomes	Early life and education Adams National Historical Park John Adams Birthplace Family home and John Quincy Adams birthplace Peacefield Stone Library Massachusetts Hall, Harvard University Presidents House, Philadelphia Co-founder and second president, American Academy of Arts and Sciences United First Parish Church and gravesite
Legacy	Bibliography List of memorials Adams Memorial (proposed) John Adams Building John Adams Courthouse Fort Adams Jefferson Memorial pediment U.S. Postage stamps Treaty of Paris (1783 painting) USS Adams (1799) USS John Adams (1799) USS Adams (1874) USS President Adams (1941) USS John Adams (1963) Adams House at Harvard University John Adams tree Mount Adams (New Hampshire, Washington) Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Popular culture	Portrait of John Adams (1783 painting) Portrait of John Adams (1793 painting) Declaration of Independence (1938 film) Profiles in Courage (1964 series) American Primitive (1969 play) 1776 (1969 musical 1972 film) The Adams Chronicles (1976 miniseries) Liberty! (1997 documentary series) Liberty's Kids (2002 animated series) John Adams (2001 book 2008 miniseries) John and Abigail Adams (2006 documentary film) The Revolution (2006 miniseries) Sons of Liberty (2015 miniseries) Franklin (2024 miniseries) The American Revolution (2025 miniseries)
Related	"Adams and Liberty" campaign song Adams' personal library American Enlightenment Congress Hall Federalist Party Federalist Era First Party System republicanism American Philosophical Society Gazette of the United States The American Museum American Revolution patriots Founding Fathers
Adams political family	Abigail Adams wife Quincy political family Abigail Adams Smith (daughter) John Quincy Adams son presidency Charles Adams (son) Thomas Boylston Adams (son) George Washington Adams (grandson) Charles Francis Adams Sr. (grandson) John Adams II (grandson) John Quincy Adams II (great-grandson) Henry Adams (great-grandson) Brooks Adams (great-grandson) John Adams Sr. (father) Susanna Boylston (mother) Samuel Adams (second cousin) Louisa Adams (daughter-in-law, first lady)
← George Washington Thomas Jefferson → Thomas Jefferson → Category

v t e Benjamin Franklin
President of Pennsylvania (1785–1788) Ambassador to France (1779–1785) Second Continental Congress (1775–1776)
Founding of theUnited States	JOIN, or DIE. (1754 political cartoon) Albany Plan of Union Albany Congress Hutchinson letters affair Committee of Secret Correspondence Committee of Five "...to be self-evident" Declaration of Independence Model Treaty Franco-American alliance Treaty of Amity and Commerce Treaty of Alliance Staten Island Peace Conference 1776 Pennsylvania Constitution Libertas Americana Treaty of Paris, 1783 Delegate, 1787 Constitutional Convention Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly Postmaster General Founding Fathers
Inventions,other events	Franklin's electrostatic machine Bifocals Franklin stove Glass armonica Flexible urninary catheter Gulf Stream exploration, naming, and chart Lightning rod Kite experiment Pay it forward Associators 111th Infantry Regiment Junto club American Philosophical Society Library Company of Philadelphia Pennsylvania Hospital Academy and College of Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Contributionship Union Fire Company Early American currency Continental Currency dollar coin Fugio cent United States Postal Service Street lighting President, Pennsylvania Abolition Society Master, Les Neuf Sœurs Gravesite
Writings	The Papers of Benjamin Franklin Founders Online Silence Dogood letters (1722) A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain (1725) The Busy-Body columns (1729) The Pennsylvania Gazette (1729–1790) Early American publishers and printers Poor Richard's Almanack (1732–1758) The Drinker's Dictionary (1737) "Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress" (1745) "The Speech of Polly Baker" (1747) Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc. (1751) Experiments and Observations on Electricity (1751) Birch letters (1755) The Way to Wealth (1758) Pennsylvania Chronicle (1767) Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One (1773) Proposed alliance with the Iroquois (1775) A Letter to a Royal Academy (1781) Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America (1784) "The Morals of Chess" (1786) An Address to the Public (1789) A Plan for Improving the Condition of the Free Blacks (1789) The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1771–1790, pub. 1791) Bagatelles and Satires (pub. 1845) Franklin as a journalist Franklin's phonetic alphabet
Legacy	Bibliography Franklin Court Benjamin Franklin House Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology Benjamin Franklin Parkway Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Franklin Institute awards medal Benjamin Franklin Medal Royal Society of Arts medal Depicted in The Apotheosis of Washington Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence 1767 portrait Treaty of Paris (1783 painting) Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky (1816 painting) Revolutionary War Door Boston statue Chicago statue Columbus, Ohio, statue University of Pennsylvania statue Portland, Oregon, statue San Francisco statue Stanford University statue Washington D.C. statue Jefferson Memorial pediment Refunding Certificate Franklin half dollar One-hundred-dollar bill Franklin silver dollar Washington–Franklin stamps other stamps Cities, counties, schools named for Franklin Benjamin Franklin College Franklin Field Franklin Tree Mount Franklin State of Franklin Sons of Ben (Philadelphia Union) Ships named USS Franklin Ben Franklin effect
In popular culture	Declaration of Independence (1938 film) Ben and Me (1953 short) La Fayette (1961 film) Ben Franklin in Paris (1964 musical play) 1776 (1969 musical 1972 film) Benjamin Franklin (miniseries) (1972) A More Perfect Union (1989 film) Liberty! (1997 documentary series) Liberty's Kids (2002 animated series) Benjamin Franklin (2002 documentary series) John Adams (2008 miniseries) Sons of Liberty (2015 miniseries) Benjamin Franklin (2022 documentary) Franklin (2024 miniseries) The American Revolution (2025 miniseries)
Related	Age of Enlightenment American Enlightenment The New-England Courant The American Museum magazine American Revolution patriots Syng inkstand
Family	Deborah Read (wife) William Franklin (son) Francis Franklin (son) Sarah Franklin Bache (daughter) William Franklin (grandson) Benjamin F. Bache (grandson) Louis F. Bache (grandson) Richard Bache Jr. (grandson) Andrew Harwood (great-grandson) Alexander Bache (great-grandson) Josiah Franklin (father) James Franklin (brother) Jane Mecom (sister) Mary Morrell Folger (grandmother) Peter Folger (grandfather) Richard Bache (son-in-law) Ann Smith Franklin (sister-in-law)
Category

v t e Robert Livingston
United States founding	Committee of Five (Declaration of Independence) New York Constitution (1777) United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1781-1783)
Events	Louisiana Purchase (negotiated) North River Steamboat
Legacy	Jefferson Memorial Committee of Five pediment Robert Livingston (1875 statue) SS Robert R. Livingston
Family	Robert Livingston (father) Edward Livingston (brother) Robert Livingston (grandfather)
Related	Clermont State Historic Site First inauguration of George Washington 1776 (1969 musical, 1972 film)

v t e Roger Sherman
United States Senator, Connecticut, 1791–1793 U.S. House of Representatives, Connecticut's at-large district, 1789–1791 1st Mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, 1784–1793 Delegate, Continental Congress, 1774–1781, 1784 Governor's Council, Connecticut General Assembly, 1766–1785 Connecticut House of Representatives, 1755–1758, 1760–1761
United StatesFounding events	Continental Association (signed) Petition to the King (signed) Declaration of Independence (co-wrote, signed, Committee of Five) Board of War Articles of Confederation (signed) United States Constitution (co-wrote, signed, Great Compromise, Article One, Section 10)
Legacy	Statue of Roger Sherman Committee of Five pediment, Jefferson Memorial Sherman, Connecticut Sherman, New York Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Portrayals	1776 (1969 musical, 1972 film)
Related	Founding Fathers
Family	Rebecca Minot Prescott (second wife) Roger Sherman Baldwin (grandson) Sherman Day (grandson) Ebenezer R. Hoar (grandson) William M. Evarts (grandson) George F. Hoar (grandson)

v t e Adolph Alexander Weinman
Sculptures	General Alexander Macomb (1908) Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument (1908) Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument (1909) Abraham Lincoln (1909) Fountain of the Centaurs (c. 1926) Drafting the Declaration of Independence (1939-1943) Four Continents (with Daniel Chester French) Oscar Straus Memorial
Coinsand medals	Winged Liberty Head dime (1916) Walking Liberty half dollar (1916) American Campaign Medal (1942) Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal (1942) European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1942) J. Sanford Saltus Medal Award American Silver Eagle coin (1986-present) American Palladium Eagle coin (2017-present)
Related	Robert Weinman (son) Audrey Munson (model)

v t e Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd President of the United States (1933–1945) 44th Governor of New York (1929–1932) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1913–1920) New York State Senator (1911–1913)
Presidency(timeline)	Transition Assassination attempt Inaugurations 1st 2nd 3rd 4th First and second terms Third and fourth terms Foreign policy New Deal overview New Deal coalition First 100 days Second New Deal Federal Emergency Relief Administration Civilian Conservation Corps Agricultural Adjustment Act Emergency Banking Act Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944 Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Tennessee Valley Authority National Labor Relations Act of 1935 National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 Public Works Administration National Recovery Administration Works Progress Administration National Youth Administration Social Security Act Aid to Families with Dependent Children Communications Act of 1934 Federal Communications Commission Securities and Exchange Commission Monetary gold ownership Gold Reserve Act Silver seizure Record on civil rights Defense industry non-discrimination Fair Employment Practice Committee Indian Reorganization Act Executive Orders 9066, 9102 War Relocation Authority Japanese American internment German-American internment Italian-American internment Brownlow Committee Executive Office of the President G.I. Bill of Rights Cullen–Harrison Act Roerich Pact Four Freedoms Four Freedoms Monument Black Cabinet Jefferson's Birthday holiday Jefferson Memorial Judicial Court-Packing Bill Cannabis policy Federal Judicial appointments Supreme Court Harlan F. Stone Supreme Court nomination Wiley Rutledge Supreme Court nomination Cabinet "Brain Trust" March of Dimes Modern Oval Office Official car Criticism Franksgiving Executive Orders Presidential Proclamations Business Plot
Presidentialforeign policy	Banana Wars U.S. occupation of Nicaragua, 1912–1933 U.S. occupation of Haiti, 1915–1934 Good Neighbor Policy (1933–1945) Montevideo Convention (1933) Second London Naval Treaty (1936) ABCD line (1940) Export Control Act Four Policemen Destroyers-for-bases deal Lend-Lease 1940 Selective Service Act Hull note Atlantic Charter (1941) Military history of the United States during World War II Home front during World War II Combined Munitions Assignments Board War Production Board Declaration by United Nations (1942) Dumbarton Oaks Conference World War II conferences Quebec Agreement Europe first Morgenthau Plan support
Presidentialspeeches	1932 Acceptance speech Commonwealth Club Address Madison Square Garden speech "Four Freedoms" Day of Infamy speech Arsenal of Democracy "...is fear itself" Fireside chats "Look to Norway" Quarantine Speech "The More Abundant Life" State of the Union Addresses 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 Four Freedoms 1942 1943 1944 Second Bill of Rights 1945
Other events	Early life, education, career Warm Springs Institute Governorship of New York
Elections	1928 New York state election 1930 Democratic National Convention, 1920 1924 1932 1936 1940 1944 1920 United States presidential election 1932 theme song 1936 1940 1944
Life and homes	Early life and education Groton School Springwood birthplace, home, and gravesite Adams House FDR Suite Campobello home Paralytic illness New York State Executive Mansion Top Cottage Little White House, Warm Springs, Georgia Ferdinand Magellan railcar
Legacy	Bibliography Statues Presidential Library and Museum Roosevelt Institute Roosevelt Institute Campus Network Franklin Delano Roosevelt Foundation Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Roosevelt Island Four Freedoms Park White House Roosevelt Room Roosevelt Institute for American Studies USS Franklin D. Roosevelt USS Roosevelt Four Freedoms Award Four Freedoms paintings Unfinished portrait U.S. Postage stamps Roosevelt dime I'd Rather Be Right 1937 musical Films The Roosevelt Story 1947 Sunrise at Campobello 1960 Eleanor and Franklin 1976, The White House Years 1977 Backstairs at the White House 1979 miniseries World War II: When Lions Roared 1997 miniseries Warm Springs 2005 Hyde Park on Hudson 2012 The Roosevelts 2014 documentary The First Lady 2022 miniseries FDR 2023 miniseries The Six Triple Eight 2024 film Other namesakes
Family(Roosevelt • Delano)	Eleanor Roosevelt (wife) Anna Roosevelt Halsted (daughter) James Roosevelt II (son) Elliott Roosevelt (son) Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (son) John Aspinwall Roosevelt II (son) James Roosevelt I (father) Sara Ann Delano (mother) James Roosevelt Roosevelt (half-brother) Isaac Roosevelt (grandfather) Warren Delano Jr. (grandfather) Fala (family dog) Major (family dog)
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v t e U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Topics	Architectural style categories Contributing property Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places Keeper of the Register National Park Service Property types
Lists by state	List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Lists by insular areas	American Samoa Guam Minor Outlying Islands Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Virgin Islands
Lists by associated state	Federated States of Micronesia Marshall Islands Palau
Other areas	District of Columbia American Legation, Morocco Territorial waters
Lists of specific structure types	Amusement rides Jails and prisons University and college buildings
Related	National Historic Preservation Act Historic Preservation Fund
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