List of national memorials of the United States

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!scope=col |Date established{{cite book|title=The National Parks: Index 2012–2016|publisher=National Park Service|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/upload/NPIndex2012-2016.pdf|access-date=November 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113065657/https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/upload/NPIndex2012-2016.pdf|archive-date=November 13, 2018}}

!scope=col |Area{{cite web|title=National Reports|url=https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/Reports/National|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=April 8, 2014}}

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|{{dts|July 6, 1960|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 757.51 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|Henri de Tonti established the Arkansas Post in 1686 as the first European trading post in the Mississippi River Valley as part of French Louisiana. It grew into a small settlement and was the site of skirmishes with Native Americans before becoming part of New Spain in 1763 and the US in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase. A Civil War battle was won by the Union there in 1863. Visitors can tour a reconstructed fort and archaeological remains of Native American, European, and American settlements.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/arpo/|title=Arkansas Post National Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|June 25, 1955|nowrap=off}}

| {{convert| 28.08 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|This mansion was built by George Washington's adopted grandson George Washington Parke Custis, partially as a memorial to Washington. After Custis's death it was managed by his son-in-law Robert E. Lee, who became commander of the Confederate States Army. The US government seized it during the Civil War and established Arlington National Cemetery around it. The house and grounds have been restored with pre-war decor and artifacts of the Custis and Lee families.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/arho/|title=Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|February 4, 1974|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 54.90 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|Northward shifts in the Rio Grande led to a dispute over the Mexico–United States border between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez. Summits and tribunals beginning in 1909 failed to resolve the controversy until a 1964 settlement transferred land on both sides of a rechanneled river. The museum and park next to the Bridge of the Americas checkpoint commemorate the resolution and international diplomacy.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/cham/|title=Chamizal National Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|November 5, 1952|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 4,830.22 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|Francisco Vázquez de Coronado led the first European exploration of the Southwest, from Arizona to Kansas, finding the Grand Canyon. The site on the Mexican border, where Coronado entered what is now the US, includes a cave and hiking trails through ridges and canyons.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/coro/|title=Coronado National Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|March 11, 1948|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 30 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|Hernando de Soto led the first European exploration of the Southeast, searching for gold while trading and fighting with various Native American tribes before his death along the Mississippi River in 1542. The memorial at the 1539 landing site on Tampa Bay has a reconstructed camp, reenactment events, historic artifacts, and waterfront trails.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/deso/|title=De Soto National Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|September 17, 2020|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert|3.39|acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|Dwight D. Eisenhower was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II and President of the United States in the 1950s. His accomplishments included enforcing school integration, creating NASA and the Interstate Highway System, and ending the Korean War. The memorial features stacked blocks showing quotations; sculptures depicting Eisenhower as a boy, general, and president; and a steel tapestry with an abstract depiction of Pointe du Hoc, a site of D-Day.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/ddem/|title=Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=January 25, 2021}}{{Cite web|title=Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial|url=http://www.eisenhowermemorial.gov/|access-date=September 17, 2020|publisher=Eisenhower Memorial Commission}}

|{{dts|August 11, 1955|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 0.45 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|This neoclassical building on Wall Street, originally the Port of New York Custom House, stands at the site of the first US Capitol building. The original Federal style building was the site of George Washington's inauguration, the 1st United States Congress, and previously the Congress of the Confederation.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/feha/|title=Federal Hall National Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|September 10, 2011|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 2319.96 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|The fourth airplane hijacked in the September 11, 2001, attacks, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed in a field in southwest Pennsylvania after the passengers fought back against the terrorists, preventing a further attack at the capital. The memorial on the site has a white granite wall engraved with the names of the 40 victims, a {{Cvt|93|ft|m|abbr=|adj=on}}-tall Tower of Voices with 40 wind chimes, and a visitor center.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/flni/|title=Flight 93 National Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|January 16, 1953|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 138.39 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|Around 200 French Huguenots founded Fort Caroline (named after King Charles IX) as a refuge in French Florida in 1685. A year later the Spanish founded St. Augustine nearby and attacked and massacred the settlers at Fort Caroline to take unified control of the region. The current site within the Timucuan Preserve has a reconstructed fort with hiking trails, a visitor center, and monument to the executed leader Jean Ribault.{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/timu/learn/historyculture/foca.htm|title=Fort Caroline National Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 3, 2019}}

|{{dts|May 2, 1997|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 8.14 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|Franklin D. Roosevelt was the United States' longest-serving president, leading the country during a period of enormous national challenges. Four sections of waterfalls and pools represent Roosevelt's terms in office, when he instituted the New Deal to modernize the economy during the Great Depression and unified the country during World War II. Bronze statues of Roosevelt, his wife Eleanor, his dog Fala, and scenes of period Americans stand between stone walls engraved with notable quotations.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/frde/|title=Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|May 1, 1959|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert|0.76|acre|km2|sortable=on|abbr=}}

|Ulysses S. Grant was general of the Union Army and led several victories in Civil War battles before forcing surrender of Lee's Confederacy. He served two terms as president of the United States, overseeing Reconstruction and civil rights, government reform, and relations with Native Americans. Grant's Tomb in Upper Manhattan is his and his wife's resting place, designed after the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/gegr/|title=General Grant National Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|November 19, 1988|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 1.04 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father who promoted adoption of the Constitution and served as the first Secretary of the Treasury to establish the nation's economic and political system. He lived in this mansion in Harlem for the last two years of his life before being killed in a duel, and his widow lived there for 29 more years. It has been relocated in the vicinity twice for preservation and restoration and now hosts tours.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/hagr/|title=Hamilton Grange National Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|August 31, 1964|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 177.76 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|When the South Fork Dam catastrophically failed in 1889, the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was flooded and more than 2,200 people died, making the flood now the third-deadliest event in the US. The memorial at the site of the dam remains features a visitor center, short hiking trails, and a historic clubhouse.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/jofl/|title=Johnstown Flood National Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|July 27, 1995|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 1.56 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|The US led United Nations forces in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953 defending South Korea against North Korea as part of the Cold War. Of the over 300,000 US servicemembers, more than 36,000 died in the war that ended in a stalemate. The memorial includes a black granite wall etched with images of soldiers, 19 statues of a platoon on patrol, and the Pool of Remembrance that reflects the surrounding linden trees.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/kowa/|title=Korean War Veterans Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|February 19, 1962|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 199.65 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|Abraham Lincoln moved with his family from Kentucky to forested Southern Indiana in 1816 and lived there from age 7 to 21. He worked on his family's farm and taught himself with little formal schooling during these formative years. His mother died and is buried here. A living museum reenacts a period farm at a reconstructed homestead near the original home's foundation and a sculpted limestone memorial building.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/libo/|title=Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|May 30, 1922|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 7.29 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|Abraham Lincoln led the Union during the Civil War, bringing back together a divided nation and abolishing slavery before being assassinated shortly after the end of the war. A {{Cvt|30|ft|m|abbr=|adj=on}}-tall statue of a seated Lincoln sits in this grand temple overlooking the National Mall toward the Capitol. Inside walls are inscribed with the text of his second inaugural address and the Gettysburg Address. Thirty-six Doric columns that represent the states of the Union in 1865 support an entablature whose frieze is inscribed with the names of the 48 states at the time of construction in 1922.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/linc/|title=Lincoln Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|September 27, 1974|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert|17.00|acre|km2|sortable=on|abbr=}}

|Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency saw passage of Great Society legislation that expanded health care access through Medicare and Medicaid, established civil and voting rights prohibiting racial discrimination, addressed poverty and rural development, and promoted conservation and environmental protection. The grove of pine and dogwood trees surrounded by flowers sits on an island in the Potomac with trails, meadows, and a commemorative granite monolith.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/lyba/|title=Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|August 28, 2011|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 2.74 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|Martin Luther King Jr. was the most significant leader of the Civil rights movement, organizing boycotts against segregated buses, solidarity marches for civil rights, and the March on Washington against inequality. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for nonviolent resistance but was assassinated in 1968. Notable quotations, including from his "I Have a Dream" speech and sermons, are etched on granite walls and a {{Cvt|30|ft|m|abbr=|adj=on}} sculpture of King.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/mlkm/|title=Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=August 31, 2011}}

|{{dts|July 1, 1939|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 1278.45 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|Gutzon Borglum led the sculpting of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln into a mountain in the Black Hills. Limited funding resulted in carving only {{Cvt|60|ft|m|abbr=|adj=on}} heads without their torsos. Mountain goats, mule deer, and yellow-bellied marmots are among the wildlife living in the hills near the visitor center and walking path.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/moru/|title=Mount Rushmore National Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|2019|3|12|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert|21.30|acre|km2|sortable=on|abbr=}}

|The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, led to the entry of the United States into World War II. Japanese bombers in a surprise attack damaged 21 ships, killing 2,403 Americans. Only the USS Arizona, Oklahoma, and Utah were total losses, and their memorials are the centerpieces of this site that also includes Battleship Row and a visitor center with boat rides to the USS Arizona Memorial at the site of the wreck.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/valr/index.htm|title=Pearl Harbor National Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=May 4, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/47/text|title=Text – S.47 – John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act|date=March 12, 2019|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=March 12, 2019}}

|{{dts|October 26, 1972|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 25.38 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's naval fleet defeated the British at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812, securing control of the lake and later peace with Britain and Canada. The world's largest Doric column, with an observation deck on top, stands {{Cvt|352|ft|m|abbr=}} tall on South Bass Island to commemorate the battle and international cooperation.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/pevi/|title=Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|October 28, 1992|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 5.00 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|In 1944, 430 tons of munition exploded while being loaded onto ships at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine, creating a three-mile-wide fireball that killed 320 people and seriously injured 390 more in the Port Chicago disaster. The majority of victims were Black, and a subsequent mutiny protesting unsafe conditions and segregation led to a court-martial of the mutineers and eventually integration of the armed forces.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/poch/|title=Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|October 22, 1965|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 4.56 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|Roger Williams founded the colony of Rhode Island on the basis of religious freedom, having been exiled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for separating from the Church of England. The memorial is a landscaped park in downtown Providence, with a visitor center in a historic home.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/rowi/|title=Roger Williams National Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|October 21, 1972|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert|0.02|acre|hectare|sortable=on|abbr=}}

|Polish engineer Tadeusz Kościuszko joined the Continental Army when the American Revolution broke out, overseeing various fort construction projects and later leading troops on the battlefield. After returning to Poland and leading a failed uprising against Russian occupation, he briefly lived at this house in Philadelphia before returning to Europe again. This is the smallest unit of the National Park System.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/thko/|title=Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|October 27, 1967|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert|88.50|acre|km2|sortable=on|abbr=}}

|Theodore Roosevelt led the Rough Riders during the Spanish–American War and served as governor of New York before becoming vice president and then president when William McKinley was assassinated. His Square Deal promoted trustbusting, labor rights, and consumer protection, and he was a noted conservationist, establishing the Forest Service, the first national monuments, and wildlife refuges. This forested island in the Potomac features hiking trails and a memorial plaza with fountains, notable quotations, and a {{Cvt|17|ft|m|abbr=|adj=on}} statue of Roosevelt.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/this/|title=Theodore Roosevelt Island|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|April 13, 1943|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 18.36 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|Thomas Jefferson was a Founding Father who wrote the Declaration of Independence, was the first secretary of state, and served as president from 1801 to 1809. He promoted democratic ideals, individual freedoms, and states' rights in his nationally formative writings, and as president he expanded the country's territory with the Louisiana Purchase. The memorial, based on the Pantheon and the Rotunda at the University of Virginia that Jefferson designed himself, sits on the Tidal Basin with a bronze statue facing toward the White House surrounded by notable quotations.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/thje/|title=Thomas Jefferson Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|November 13, 1982|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 2.18 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|Almost three million Americans were deployed to Vietnam during the Vietnam War from 1955 to 1975 as part of a campaign to stop communism in the region. Reflective black granite walls, sunken below ground level, bear the names of 58,320 servicemembers who died during the conflict. There are also statues representing women who served and the diversity of soldiers.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/vive/|title=Vietnam Veterans Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|February 21, 1885|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 106.01 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|As commanding general of the Continental Army, George Washington was instrumental in securing victory in the Revolutionary War, leading him to serve as the first president of the United States. His presidency laid the foundations for the politics of the republic with policies on banking, taxes, the judiciary, and foreign affairs. The Monument, the centerpiece of the National Mall, is a {{Cvt|555|ft|m|abbr=|adj=on}} tall obelisk of marble, granite, and gneiss topped with a small aluminum pyramid. A variety of interior memorial stones are visible from the elevator to the observation deck.{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/wamo/index.htm|title=Washington Monument|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|December 19, 2014|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 1.76 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|The US entered World War I in 1917 and the American Expeditionary Forces saw about 2.8 million servicemembers fight in Europe through the end of the following year, with 53,000 deaths. Originally called Pershing Park in honor of General John J. Pershing, {{As of|2019

|{{dts|May 29, 2004|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 8.25 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|Over 16 million veterans served during World War II from 1941 to 1945 alongside the other Allies against the Axis powers. The memorial recognizes their service with two triumphal arches representing the Atlantic and Pacific theaters, surrounded by 56 pillars for the states and territories. At the center is a pool with an oval of fountains, on the east are walls engraved with scenes of war, and on the west is a wall with 4,048 gold stars representing the approximately 404,800 killed in action.{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/wwii/index.htm|title=World War II Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|December 4, 1953|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert| 428.44 |acre|km2|sortable=on}}

|Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first powered flight with the Wright Flyer at Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk in 1903, developing it into the first fixed-wing aircraft, the Wright Flyer III. A monument tower representing a wing commemorates their achievement and earlier aviation experimenters. Paths outline the routes of the first flights near a reproduction hangar.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/wrbr/|title=Wright Brothers National Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

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|{{dts|October 25, 1972|nowrap=off}}

|{{convert|0.154|acre|hectare|1|sortable=on|abbr=}}

|Benjamin Franklin was a Founding Father who served in several political and diplomatic roles during the early republic, signing both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. He made a number of scientific inquiries and inventions including the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove. The {{Cvt|20|ft|m|abbr=|adj=on}} marble statue of a seated Franklin by James Earle Fraser sits in the Memorial Hall rotunda of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/historyculture/places-benjaminfranklinnationalmemorial.htm|title=Independence National Historical Park – Benjamin Franklin National Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.fi.edu/exhibit/benjamin-franklin-memorial|title=Benjamin Franklin Memorial|date=February 19, 2014|publisher=The Franklin Institute|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|December 20, 1975|nowrap=off}}

| {{convert|52.00|acre|km2|1|sortable=on|abbr=}}

|The French Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette founded the first two European settlements in Michigan, Sault Ste. Marie and St. Ignace, seeking to convert Native Americans to Catholicism. He joined Louis Jolliet on an exploration of the Upper Mississippi River. A memorial and interpretive trail in Straits State Park overlook the Mackinac Bridge.{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/marquette.htm|title=Father Marquette National Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.michigan.gov/mhc/0,4726,7-282-61080_62653---,00.html|title=Father Marquette National Memorial|publisher=Michigan History Center|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|April 19, 2000|nowrap=off}}

| {{convert|6.24|acre|km2|1|sortable=on}}

|Anti-government terrorists detonated a truck bomb that destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 people, injuring another 680, and damaging hundreds of buildings. The memorial features a reflecting pool flanked by square bronze gates that represent the moments before and after the event at 9:01 am on April 19, 1995. A field of empty chairs and what is left of the building's walls symbolize the victims and survivors, mostly federal employees and children at a day care.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/okci/|title=Oklahoma City National Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 31, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org/|title=The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum|publisher=Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

|{{dts|May 12, 1986|nowrap=off}}

| {{convert|1000|acre|km2|1|sortable=on}}

|Patrick Henry was the first governor of Virginia and was known for his oration for the cause of independence from Britain, including his 1775 "Give me liberty or give me death!" speech. He lived at his Red Hill estate the last five years of his life, which now has the original law office and reconstructed home.{{Cite web|url=https://www.redhill.org/|title=Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial|publisher=Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation|access-date=March 31, 2019}}

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! scope="col" |Date designated{{Cite web|url=http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml;jsessionid=9A5C9D13442C79E35A66D767CA303786?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title54-chapter3203&saved=%7CZGF2aWQgYmVyZ2VyIG5hdGlvbmFsIG1lbW9yaWFs%7CdHJlZXNvcnQ=%7CdHJ1ZQ==%7C0%7Ctrue%7Cprelim&edition=prelim|title=[USC04] 54 USC Ch. 3203: MONUMENTS, RUINS, SITES, AND OBJECTS OF ANTIQUITY|publisher=US House of Representatives|access-date=March 26, 2019}}

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|{{dts|November 12, 1996|nowrap=off}}

|This {{Cvt|7|acre|km2|abbr=on|adj=on|spell=in}} landscaped space in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park features redwood trees, meadows, and memorial spaces dedicated to victims and patients of HIV/AIDS and the continued fight against the disease.{{Cite web|url=https://aidsmemorial.org/|title=Welcome to National AIDS Memorial|publisher=National AIDS Memorial Grove|access-date=April 6, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://goldengatepark.com/aids-memorial-grove.html|title=AIDS Memorial Grove|date=February 23, 2011|publisher=Golden Gate Park|access-date=April 6, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/lgbtq-memorials-national-aids-memorial-grove-san-francisco.htm|title=LGBTQ Memorials: National AIDS Memorial Grove, San Francisco, CA (U.S. National Park Service)|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=April 6, 2019}}

|{{dts|May 8, 1991|nowrap=off}}

|The Space Mirror Memorial at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is a reflective black granite monument engraved with the names of 24 astronauts who have died in spaceflight missions or training. Major disasters include Apollo 1 and Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amfcse.org/the-space-mirror-memorial|title=The Space Mirror Memorial|publisher=The Astronauts Memorial Foundation|access-date=April 7, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/explore-attractions/all-attractions/space-mirror-memorial|title=Space Mirror Memorial|publisher=Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex|access-date=April 7, 2019}}

|{{dts|September 13, 2000|nowrap=off}}

|The Battle of Midway in June 1942 was the turning point of the Pacific War that put the US Navy on the offensive. The victory cost the lives of 307 sailors, a destroyer, and an aircraft carrier, but secured the vital base on the island and weakened the Japanese position. The Fish and Wildlife Service maintains a memorial park at the dual-named Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge and Battle of Midway National Memorial, a breeding ground for albatross, Hawaiian monk seals, and other marine life.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fws.gov/nwrs/threecolumn.aspx?id=2147560557|title=Battle of Midway National Memorial|publisher=U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service|access-date=March 26, 2019}}

|{{dts|March 5, 1980|nowrap=off}}

|David Berger was an American Israeli weightlifter who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He and ten other Israeli competitors and coaches were kidnapped and killed by terrorists in the Munich massacre. Located at a Jewish Community Center, a steel sculpture of the five Olympic rings split in half sits on eleven supporting segments.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/dabe/index.htm|title=David Berger National Memorial|date=February 10, 2016|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=April 7, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://mandeljcc.org/david-berger-memorial/mandel/|title=David Berger Memorial|publisher=Mandel JCC|access-date=April 8, 2019}}

|{{dts|December 29, 2022|nowrap=off}}

|A right-wing terrorist targeted Latino Americans at a Walmart store in El Paso, killing 23 people and injuring 22 in a mass shooting. A memorial to these victims of white supremacy and gun violence consisting of 23 bronze plaques on a semicircular wall was installed at Ascarate Park in the Mission Valley neighborhood in August 2021.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-16 |title=House approves National Memorial status for El Paso Community Healing Garden |url=https://www.ktsm.com/local/house-approves-national-memorial-status-for-el-paso-community-healing-garden/ |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=KTSM 9 News |language=en-US}}

|{{dts|June 6, 2001|nowrap=off}}

|American troops joined Allied forces in the Invasion of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, to begin the liberation of France. More than 150,000 Allied troops landed in a sustained airborne and amphibious assault on five beaches that saw more than 10,000 casualties. The memorial includes a central pool, Operation Overlord arch, numerous statues of commandos in action and General Eisenhower, and flags of participating nations.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dday.org/|title=National D-Day Memorial|publisher=National D-Day Memorial|access-date=April 9, 2019}}

|{{dts|November 13, 1987|nowrap=off}}

|The parents of a soldier killed in Vietnam built a sail-shaped chapel with the assistance of Disabled American Veterans to honor all veterans of the war. The site, a New Mexico Department of Veteran Services memorial, also has a helicopter damaged in Vietnam and sculptures of a soldier and nurses.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vietnamveteransmemorial.org/|title=Vietnam Veterans Memorial|publisher=David Westphall Veterans Foundation|access-date=April 8, 2019}}{{Cite web|title=Angel Fire Memorial|url=http://www.nmdvs.org/nm-memorials/|access-date=2021-04-15|publisher=NM Department of Veterans Services|language=en-US}}

|{{dts|July 25, 2014|nowrap=off}}

|The Distinguished Flying Cross has been awarded to more than 170,000 members of the US armed forces and some civilians who have shown "heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight". The March Field Air Museum hosts this pyramidal monument in honor of their service.{{Cite web|url=https://www.marchfield.org/visit/heritage-courtyard/dfc-national-memorial/|title=The Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial|publisher=March Field Air Museum|access-date=March 26, 2019}}

|{{dts|April 30, 2018|nowrap=off}}

|Located at the National Teachers Hall of Fame, this monument honors educators who died in the course of their roles, including victims of school shootings and school bus crashes.{{Cite web|url=https://nthfmemorial.org/|title=National Memorial to Fallen Educators|publisher=National Memorial to Fallen Educators|access-date=April 12, 2019}}

|{{dts|August 9, 1990|nowrap=off}}

|On the campus of the National Fire Academy, a sculpted St. Florian cross and eternal flame are surrounded by a Wall of Honor with the names of firefighters who died in the line of duty. It is maintained by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.{{Cite web|title=The National Fallen Firefighters Memorial|url=https://www.firehero.org/fallen-firefighters/memorial-park/national-fallen-firefighters-memorial/|access-date=April 12, 2019|publisher=National Fallen Firefighters Foundation}}

|{{dts|November 9, 2000|nowrap=off}}

|The US government baselessly challenged the loyalty of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, unconstitutionally detaining them in a number of concentration camps around the country. Despite that, 33,000 Japanese Americans served their country in the armed forces. This monument depicting cranes escaping barbed wire symbolizes their sacrifices during this injustice. It is part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks NPS unit.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/wwii/learn/historyculture/japanese-americans-at-war.htm|title=Japanese Americans At War – World War II Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=April 6, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/places/japanese-american-memorial-to-patriotism-during-world-war-ii.htm|title=Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=April 12, 2019}}

|{{dts|December 29, 2022|nowrap=off}}

|The Zion Memorial Park Cemetery donated land for the construction of a monument to victims of the Holocaust in 1961, the first in the United States. A ring of granite is engraved with names of 1,300 family members of Cleveland-area Holocaust survivors. It surrounds a central column that contains ashes of victims.{{Cite web |title=Memorial |url=https://www.kifcle.org/memorial |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Kol Israel Foundation |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Cleveland's Holocaust Memorial |url=https://www.clevelandjewishhistory.net/ins/holocaust-memorial.html |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Cleveland Jewish History}}{{Cite web |date=December 28, 2022 |title=Cleveland's Kol Israel Holocaust Memorial becomes United States' first Holocaust memorial to be given national status|url=https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cuyahoga-county/clevelands-kol-israel-holocaust-memorial-united-states-first-holocaust-memorial-national-status/95-9c75e53d-cf21-44b5-8eff-707963160ae7 |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=wkyc.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Jiménez |first=Jesus |date=2022-12-30 |title=61-Year-Old Holocaust Monument Designated a National Memorial |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/30/us/kol-israel-holocaust-national-memorial.html |access-date=2023-01-01 |issn=0362-4331}}

|{{dts|October 15, 1991|nowrap=off}}

|Honoring more than 23,000 law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty, the memorial plaza has tree-lined pathways protected by twelve bronze lions.{{Cite web|url=https://nleomf.org/memorial|title=National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial|publisher=National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund|access-date=April 12, 2019}}

|{{dts|December 18. 2015|nowrap=off}}

|The 1854 Treaty of Medicine Creek established three reservations for nine south Puget Sound-area tribes, who ceded {{Cvt|2240000|acres|km2|abbr=}} to the US government; agreed-upon payments and hunting and fishing rights however were not respected, leading to further conflict. The signing site is managed by the Fish and Wildlife Service in the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, named for a Nisqually activist who successfully fought for the treaty rights.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fws.gov/nwrs/threecolumn.aspx?id=2147585508|title=Billy Frank Jr., Tell Your Story|publisher=U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service|access-date=March 26, 2019}}

|{{dts|December 8, 2004|nowrap=off}}

|A wooden cross was originally placed on Mount Soledad in San Diego by local residents in 1913. The current {{Cvt|29|ft|m|abbr=|adj=on}}-tall concrete cross was built in 1954 by Christian groups and was designated a memorial to veterans in 1989. The Department of Defense took the site from the city by eminent domain in 2006 until it was sold to a private association in 2015 following a three-decade-long Establishment Clause legal battle. Six walls are covered in plaques commemorating veterans and military units.{{Cite web|url=https://www.soledadmemorial.com/about/|title=Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial|publisher=Mt. Soledad Memorial Association|access-date=April 15, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2011/01/04/08-56415.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112041901/http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2011/01/04/08-56415.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 12, 2011|title=Jewish War Veterans v. City of San Diego|date=January 4, 2011|publisher=United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit|access-date=April 14, 2019}}

|November 11, 2020

|This memorial at the National Museum of the American Indian honors the military service of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian veterans. A vertical steel circle stands on a stone drum from which water flows and a ceremonial fire burns.{{Cite web|title=National Native American Veterans Memorial|url=https://americanindian.si.edu/visit/washington/nnavm|access-date=November 11, 2020|publisher=National Museum of the American Indian}}

|{{dts|June 25, 2021|nowrap=off}}

| Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, was the scene of a mass shooting that killed 49 people on June 12, 2016. There are plans for a permanent memorial with a reflecting pool at the site.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/us/pulse-nightclub-shooting-memorial.html|title=Congress backs national memorial designation for former Pulse nightclub site|website=The New York Times |access-date=June 19, 2021}}{{Cite web |title=Memorial |url=https://www.pulseorlando.org/Memorial |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=Pulse Orlando |language=en-US}}

|{{dts|October 27, 2018|nowrap=off}}

|This is the first museum dedicated to veterans and their families, focusing on their individual stories and sacrifices rather than the military and war. Exhibits show servicemembers' journeys throughout American history and how veterans are recognized in society. An elm-lined memorial grove with waterfalls into a reflecting pool offers space for remembrance.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalvmm.org/|title=National Veterans Memorial and Museum|access-date=April 13, 2019}}

|{{dts|December 10, 2004|nowrap=off}}

|This memorial at Riverside National Cemetery (US Department of Veterans Affairs) depicts a man on his knees and bound by his captors, surrounded by pillars of black marble. It commemorates American servicemembers who have been taken prisoner of war or went missing in action.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/riverside.asp|title=Riverside National Cemetery – National Cemetery Administration|publisher=US Department of Veterans Affairs|access-date=April 14, 2019}}

|{{dts|November 10, 1954|nowrap=off}}

|This memorial is dedicated to the dead of the US Marine Corps since its founding in 1775. Located at George Washington Memorial Parkway it depicts the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima, a symbol of the Corps's dedication in amphibious warfare.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/gwmp/planyourvisit/usmc_memorial.htm|title=US Marine Corps War Memorial – George Washington Memorial Parkway|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=April 12, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/places/us-marine-corps-war-memorial.htm|title=U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=April 12, 2019}}

|{{dts|November 30, 1993|nowrap=off}}

|The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a submarine after it delivered parts of the Little Boy atomic bomb to Tinian, killing 300 sailors when it sank. Another 600 perished during four days adrift and only 316 survived, making it the US Navy's greatest loss of life at sea due to its failure to monitor the ship's movement. The granite memorial resembles the shape of a ship and depicts the Indianapolis with the names of the crew.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indianawarmemorials.org/explore/uss-indianapolis-memorial/|title=USS Indianapolis CA35 Memorial|publisher=Indiana War Memorials Foundation|access-date=April 12, 2019}}

|{{dts|January 10, 2002|nowrap=off}}

|A white cross was originally erected by Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) in the Mojave Desert in 1934 as a memorial to American participation in World War I and those who served. Previously in Mojave National Preserve, the land around the cross was conveyed to the VFW due to separation of church and state concerns, the constitutionality of which transfer was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/moja/learn/news/mojave-cross.htm|title=White Cross World War I Memorial – Mojave National Preserve|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=April 15, 2019}}

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|{{dts|December 19, 2014|nowrap=off}}

|Will commemorate the events and veterans of the Gulf War, a six-month troop buildup and conflict that ended the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. A spiral-shaped wall design is proposed.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ndswm.org/|title=National Desert Storm and Desert Shield War Memorial|publisher=National Desert Storm Memorial Association|access-date=April 15, 2019}}