Navy and Marine Memorial
The Navy and Marine Memorial, is a monument honoring sailors of the United States Navy, Coast Guard, the United States Merchant Marine, the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and others who died at sea during World War I and other times.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: Washington, D.C. memorial to the U.S. Navy and Marine services, dedicated to Americans lost at sea during WWI
- Also known as: “Navy – Merchant Marine Memorial”, “Navy and Merchant Marine Memorial”, “Navy Merchant Marine Memorial”, “Navy-Marine Memorial”, and “Navy-Merchant Marine Memorial”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pentagon and Thomas Jefferson Memorial.
Pentagon
Military installation
Photo: David B. Gleason, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II.
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a national memorial in Washington, D.C., built in honor of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the nation's third president.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pentagon City and National Landing.
Pentagon City
Suburb
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Pentagon City is an unincorporated neighborhood located in the southeast portion of Arlington County, Virginia. It is located near the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery.
National Landing
Neighborhood
National Landing is an area in Northern Virginia encompassing parts of the Crystal City and Pentagon City neighborhoods of Arlington County and the Potomac Yard neighborhood in the city of Alexandria.
Southwest
Quarter
Southwest is the southwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located south of the National Mall and west of South Capitol Street.
Navy and Marine Memorial
- Category: war memorial
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Navy and Marine Memorial” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Navy and Marine Memorial”
- French: “Navy – Merchant Marine Memorial”
- German: “Navy – Merchant Marine Memorial”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת הצי - צי הסוחר”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת הצי וצי הסוחר”
- Spanish: “Navy – Merchant Marine Memorial”
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Highlights include Pentagon Lagoon Yacht Basin and Lady Bird Johnson Memorial Park.
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