The United States has many prominent memorials and monuments within the country commemorating the past wars, leaders, and other notable events from American history. A great deal of these memorials can be found in Washington, DC, the nation's capital.

List of Memorials

• Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Virginia), memorial cemetery for US war dead
• The Washington Monument (Washington, DC, opened 1885), in honor of former President George Washington
• The Tomb of the Unknowns (Arlington, Virginia, opened 1921), memorializing the unidentified American war dead in all wars
• The Lincoln Memorial (Washington, DC, opened 1922), in honor of former President Abraham Lincoln
• The Mount Rushmore National Memorial (Keystone, South Dakota, dedicated 1925), in honor of the first 150 years of American history represented by Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln
• The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (St. Louis, Missouri, opened 1935), commemorating the Louisiana Purchase and the settlement of the American West; site of the Gateway Arch (completed in 1965)
• The Jefferson Memorial (Washington, DC, opened 1943), in honor of former President Thomas Jefferson
• The Marine Corps War Memorial (Arlington, Virginia, opened 1954), memorializing all personnel of the U.S. Marine Corps who have died in the defence of the United States since 1775
• The USS Arizona Memorial (Honolulu, Hawai‘i, opened 1962), commemorating the US dead in the attack on Pearl Harbor
• The Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, DC, opened 1982), commemorating the US war dead in the Vietnam War
• The Korean War Veterans Memorial (Washington, DC, opened 1995), commemorating the men and women who served in the Korean War
• The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (Washington, DC, opened 2001), in honor of former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• The Oklahoma City National Memorial (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, opened 2001), commemorating those who died in and were otherwise affected by the Oklahoma City bombing
• The National D-Day Memorial (Bedford, Virginia, opened 2001), in remembrance of those who served and died in the Battle of Normandy
• The National World War II Memorial (Washington, DC, opened 2004), in honor of those who served the US in World War II

See also

• National Historic Landmark
• National Register of Historic Places
• War memorial