The presidential memorials in the United States honor presidents of the United States and seek to showcase and perpetuate their legacies.
The James A. Garfield Monument in Washington, D.C.
Peacefield, the home of John Adams and John Quincy Adams in Quincy, Massachusetts
Mount Rushmore, in South Dakota, honors four U.S. presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln Memorial
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The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial honoring Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, located on the western end of the National Mall of Washington, D.C. The memorial is
Presidential memorials in the United States
…a physical structure that is a permanent remembrance of the president it represents. Most well-known presidential memorials, such as the Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson memorials, have a physical element. There are also official presidential memorials that have a living element with only a minor physical…
The Lincoln Memorial in 2013
Lincoln Memorial in June 2012
West Potomac Park prior to the memorial's construction, c. 1912
The memorial under construction in July 1916