Existing and Planned Military Museums, Monuments, and War Memorials in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland
*A complete listing is too numerous for showing all here
District of Columbia Museums
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The following Smithsonian Institution Museums contain exhibits/coverage about the U.S. military experience: National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall and Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center adjacent to Dulles Airport, VA; National Portrait Gallery; and the National Museum of American History, National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Museum of the American Indian, all on the Mall.
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International Spy Museum, L’Enfant Plaza
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, near the National Mall
African American Civil War Museum and Memorial, 1925 Vermont Avenue, NW
National Museum of the U.S. Navy (Navy Yard)
National Guard Memorial Museum, 1 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
National Museum of American Jewish Military History, 1811 R Street, NW
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Monuments and Memorials
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National World War I Memorial, Pershing Park, NW
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, with The Three Soldiers and Vietnam Women’s Memorial nearby, on National Mall
District of Columbia War Memorial (WWI) on the National Mall
Sculpture of Jane A. Delano, founder of Red Cross Nursing Services and leader of Red Cross Nurses during WWI, standing outside of the American Red Cross National Headquarters, 430 17th St., NW
National Native American Veterans Memorial, next to the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian, on the National Mall
Equestrian Union Civil War Statues of: Major General George H. Thomas (Thomas Circle, NW), Major General John A. Logan (Logan Circle, NW), Major General James B. McPherson (McPherson Square, NW), Lt. General Winfield Scott (Scott Circle, NW), General Winfield S. Hancock (U.S. Navy Memorial Park, northwest corner of 7th St., NW), General Philip Sheridan (Sheridan Square, NW), Major General George B. McClellan (Kalorama, NW), General William T. Sherman (President’s Park, between 17th St. and Constitution Ave, NW)
General George G. Meade Memorial, Civil War (300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, NW)
Statue of David G. Farragut, Civil War, (Farragut Circle, NW)
Statue of John A. Rawlins, Civil War, Rawlins Park, (Foggy Bottom, NW)
Equestrian- General Andrew Jackson (War of 1812), in Lafayette Square Park, across from White House
Peace Monument (Civil War Sailors Monument), U.S. Capitol Grounds at First St. and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Stephenson Grand Army of the Potomac Memorial (Civil War), intersection of Indiana Ave, Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th St. NW
Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism at Louisiana/New Jersey Avenues, D Street NW
Samuel Dupont Memorial Fountain (Dupont Circle, NW, replaced his statue, Civil War)
Nuns of the Battlefield (Civil War), intersection of Rhode Island Avenue, M St. and Connecticut Ave. NW
Army’s First Division WWI Monument, Southwest of the White House
Army’s Second Infantry Division WWI Memorial, President’s Park
The Korean War Veterans Memorial, on the National Mall
U.S. Navy Heritage Center, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (two), on the National Mall and on Pennsylvania Avenue
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial (along Independence and Maryland Avenues)
Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, below the west front of the U.S. Capitol
Cuban American Friendship Urn (East Potomac Park)
American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial, 807 Maine Avenue, SW
Monuments/Memorials in approval process with Planning and Review Agencies
National Medal of Honor Monument -proposed for Mall location
National Desert Storm War and Desert Shield Memorial to be erected near Lincoln Memorial
Global War on Terror Memorial proposed for Mall location
John Ericsson Memorial, 23rd Street/Ohio Drive/Independence Avenue, SW
Virginia Museums
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National Museum of the United States Army, Fort Belvoir
Americans in Wartime Experience Museum, Fairfax
National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico
The American Revolution Museum, Yorktown
The Virginia War Museum, Newport News
The American Civil War Museum, Richmond
Virginia Military Institute Museum, Lexington
Virginia Museum of History and Culture, Richmond-includes The War Horses Memorial Statue (to horses and mules killed in the Civil War)
U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum, Fort Lee
U.S. Army Transportation Museum, Fort Eustis
U.S. Army Women’s Museum, Fort Lee
Hampton Roads Naval Museum
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum
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Monuments and Memorials
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(In and Adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery) Argonne Cross, Chaplains Hill Monuments, 3rd Infantry Division Memorial,
U.S. Spanish War Veterans Memorial, Seabees Memorial, Nurses Memorial, Battle of the Bulge Memorial, Rough Riders Memorial
Arlington National Cemetery: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, USS Maine Mast Memorial, Civil War Unknowns Memorial, Vietnam Helicopter Pilot and Crewmember Monument
U.S. Air Force Memorial, Arlington, VA
Merchant Marine Memorial, west bank of the Potomac River (Lady Bird Johnson Park)
U.S. Marine Corps Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial), Rosslyn
General Douglas MacArthur Memorial, Norfolk
Virginia War Memorial, Richmond
Women In Military Service for America Memorial, at entrance of Arlington National Cemetery
Gold Star Families Memorial, Lovettsville
Maryland Museums
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U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis
National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver Spring
National Cryptologic Museum, Fort Meade
National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Frederick
National Counterintelligence and Security Center, Bethesda
Baltimore Civil War Museum
Airmen Memorial Museum, Suitland
