National Memorials
Name | Photo | Location | Date Formed | Area | Description |
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Arkansas Post | Arkansas | 01960-07-06July 6, 1960 | |||
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial | Virginia | 01955-01-011955 | |||
Benjamin Franklin | Pennsylvania | 01972-10-25October 25, 1972 | |||
Chamizal | Texas | 01966-06-30June 30, 1966 | |||
Coronado | Arizona | 01952-07-09July 9, 1952 | |||
De Soto | Florida | 01948-03-11March 11, 1948 | |||
Federal Hall | New York | 01955-08-11August 11, 1955 | |||
Flight 93 | Pennsylvania | 02011-09-10September 10, 2011 | |||
Fort Caroline | Florida | 02012-01-01 | |||
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial | District of Columbia | 01997-05-02May 2, 1997 | |||
General Grant | New York | 02012-01-01 | |||
George Mason Memorial | District of Columbia | 02002-04-09April 9, 2002 | |||
Hamilton Grange | New York | 01962-04-27April 27, 1962 | |||
Jefferson National Expansion | Missouri | 02012-01-01 | |||
Johnstown Flood | Pennsylvania | 02012-01-01 | |||
Korean War Veterans Memorial | District of Columbia | 02012-01-01 | |||
Lincoln Boyhood | Indiana | 02012-01-01 | |||
Lincoln Memorial | District of Columbia | 02012-01-01 | |||
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac | District of Columbia | 02012-01-01 | |||
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial | District of Columbia | 02012-01-01 | |||
Mount Rushmore | South Dakota | 02012-01-01 | |||
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial | Ohio | 02012-01-01 | |||
Port Chicago Naval Magazine | California | 02012-01-01 | |||
Roger Williams | Rhode Island | 02012-01-01 | |||
Thaddeus Kosciuszko | Pennsylvania | 02012-01-01 | |||
Theodore Roosevelt Island | District of Columbia | 02012-01-01 | |||
Thomas Jefferson Memorial | District of Columbia | 02012-01-01 | |||
Vietnam Veterans Memorial | District of Columbia | 02012-01-01 | |||
Washington Monument | District of Columbia | 02012-01-01 | |||
World War II Memorial | District of Columbia | 02012-01-01 | |||
Wright Brothers | North Carolina | 02012-01-01 |
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