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Mellon Memorial Fountain

Posted on June 16, 2023July 14, 2024 by dcmemorialist

The Mellon memorial fountain was dedicated in 1952 to memorialize Andrew W. Mellon (March 24, 1855, – August 27, 1937) who provided money to build the National Gallery of Art, and gift his art collection to it.

John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg Memorial

Posted on January 12, 2023July 13, 2024 by dcmemorialist

The John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg Memorial is located in a triangle park in front of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at 4900 Connecticut Avenue, NW, the memorial to John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg took over 50 years to be completed and dedicated. Muhlenberg (October 1, 1746 – October 1, 1807) was a pastor who served both Lutheran and Episcopal congregations in the 18th century. He became a colonel during the Revolutionary War and served under George Washington in the Continental Army.

Mary Foote Henderson and Meridian Hill Park

Posted on October 1, 2021July 13, 2024 by dcmemorialist

Statues in Meridian Hill Park When Meridian Hill Park opened in October 1936 there were five memorials in the park. Mary Foote Henderson was influential in getting a park placed in the…

Theodore Roosevelt Island

Posted on May 11, 2021July 13, 2024 by dcmemorialist

Theodore Roosevelt Island, named for the 26th President, is the largest presidential memorial in D.C., in terms of acreage. It is an island in the middle of the Potomac River, and is located in Washington, D.C., because the Virginia state line begins at the southern shore of the Potomac.

Colonial Settler’s Monument

Posted on April 3, 2021July 14, 2024 by dcmemorialist

On the west side of Fifteenth Street, NW, just north of Constitution Avenue, NW, is a plain, granite stone dedicated in 1936 in memory of the patentees who gave their land to create the Nation’s Capital. The memorial is inscribed with the names of the 18 original patentees here, who lived before 1700.

Meridian Hill Park / Malcolm X Park

Posted on February 7, 2021July 13, 2024 by dcmemorialist

Situated in the middle of Northwest Washington, D.C., one and a half miles directly north of the White House, Meridian Hill Park is one of the most unique parks in the National Park system. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, October 25, 1974, and as a National Historic Landmark, April 19, 1994. Design team included: Horace Peaslee, George Burnap, and John Earley,

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 18, 2021July 13, 2024 by dcmemorialist

Today we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. The federal holiday bill was signed into law in 1983 and first celebrated in 1986. The Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial was…

Joseph Hirshhorn’s Sculpture Garden

Posted on May 18, 2020July 13, 2024 by dcmemorialist

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden was established by an Act of Congress in 1966, and opened, on the National Mall, in 1974. The name AND SCULPTURE GARDEN was written into the…

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