Memorials

Plaque on the U. S. S. Missouri commemorating the surrender of the Japanese in World War II.

Photograph of mural, "Dedication of the Memorial Site November 1, 1921", depicting portraits of the five Allied leaders of World War I and more than 100 Kansas Citians who were present at the original dedication for Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri. The work was created by Kansas City artist Daniel MacMorris and was dedicated on May 30, 1950.

Workmen beginning foundation of the large storage building south of the White House. The Washington Monument is in the background.

The Washington Monument, 555 feet high, in a 41 acre park, was erected in memory of George Washington, the first president of the United States. The long reflecting pool is before the Lincoln Memorial, and is a half mile distant from the Washington Monument.

A night view of Daniel Chester French's statue of Abraham Lincoln, located in the Lincoln Memorial. This majestic statue is 19 feet high. The sculptor was born in New Hampshire, and at the time of his death, 1931, was dean of American sculptors.

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial and Potomac River, as viewed from the Washington Monument, Washington D.C.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington D.C., dedicated in 1943, commemorating the third President of the United States. It is a circular colonnaded rotunda in the classic style favored by Jefferson. On the interior walls are four panels inscribed with excerpts of Jefferson's writings.

The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. is a tribute to Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States. It is a temple-like structure of classic design. The roof is supported by 36 fluted Doric columns of white marble representing the 36 states of the union at the time of Lincoln's administration.

Washington Monument, Washington, DC.

Former President Harry S. Truman giving an address at the World War I Memorial (Liberty Memorial, Kansas City, Missouri).