National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial is in Washington, D.C, at Judiciary Square, adjacent to the National Law Enforcement Museum. It honors 23,785 U.S. law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty throughout American history.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include National Mall and National Building Museum.

National Mall

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The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

National Building Museum

Museum

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The National Building Museum is a museum of architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning in Northwest Washington, D.C., U.S. It was created by an act of Congress in 1980, and is a private non-profit institution.

Capital One Arena

Stadium

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Capital One Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Washington, D.C. Located in the Chinatown section of the larger Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the Gallery Place rapid transit station of the Washington Metro.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and East End.

Chinatown

Neighborhood

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Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown is a small, historic area of Downtown Washington, D.C. along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. The area was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants, but fewer than 300 remained in 2017.

East End

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East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.

Downtown

Suburb

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Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

Type: Park
Description: Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Category: memorial
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.89684° or 38° 53′ 49″ north

Longitude

-77.01725° or 77° 1′ 2″ west

Elevation

39 feet (12 metres)

Open location code

87C4VXWM+P3

GeoNames ID

4139753

Wikidata ID

Q6974030

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial”
Chinese: “國家執法人員紀念館”
Chinese: “國家法律執行官紀念碑”
French: “National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial”
Hebrew: “אנדרטת כוחות השיטור הלאומית (וושינגטון)”
Hebrew: “אנדרטת כוחות השיטור הלאומית”
Persian: “یادبود ملی مجریان قانون”
Urdu: “قومی قانون نافذ کرنے والے افسران کی یادگار”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Judiciary Square and Judiciary Square station.

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