The Main Navy and Munitions Buildings were constructed in 1918 along Constitution Avenue, then known as B Street, on Washington, D.C.'s National Mall as the largest of a set of temporary war buildings
The Main Navy Building (foreground) and the Munitions Building were temporary structures built during World War I on the National Mall
Munitions Building, located on Constitution Avenue, in 1919
Constitution Gardens now occupies the former Munitions and Main Navy Buildings site.
Constitution Gardens
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Constitution Gardens is a park area in Washington, D.C., United States, located within the boundaries of the National Mall. The 50-acre park is bounded on the west by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, on
Main Navy and Munitions Buildings
…1969, President Richard Nixon announced that both buildings would be demolished, a plan carried out in 1970. The land was then reclaimed and turned into Constitution Gardens, with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial built near the former Munitions Building site in the early 1980s. Constructing the Munitions and Main Navy Buildings…
East side of the Constitution Gardens
The Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence in Constitution Gardens
Benches sit along paths in the park.