"I wonder, is it George Washington next week ... Here are some Jefferson quotes that visitors will not find on his memorial, a Roman pantheon-style temple to liberty where the Sage of ...

The cherry blossoms have started to bloom in this March 29, 2002, photo of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) “All of Tidal Basin Cherry Trees Doomed By Jefferson ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — On this day 85 years ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt set the cornerstone for the Jefferson Memorial in a ceremony. On Nov. 15, 1939, President Roosevelt laid ...

Jefferson Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington Monument, and World War II Memorial. Petersen added that ...

Congress created the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission ... through a public competition. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and the commissioners of DC judged the competition.

Press the question mark key to get the keyboard shortcuts for changing dates. The Jefferson, Washington, DC has been catering to Washington's most elite visitors since 1923, providing a taste of ...

This airy peninsula just south of the Jefferson Memorial drives a grassy wedge between the Potomac River and the Washington Channel. The park draws sports enthusiasts throughout the year with its ...

Some of the most iconic memorials that grace Washington, D.C., drawing millions of visitors every year, only narrowly survived being scrapped altogether. In 1791, Pierre L’Enfant drew up designs for ...