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Peace Monument

The Peace Monument, also known as the Navy Monument, Naval Monument or Navy-Peace Monument, stands on the western edge of the United States Capitol Complex in It is in the middle of Peace Circle, where First Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW intersect.
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: artwork by Franklin Simmons
  • Also known as: “Civil War Sailors Monument”, “Civil War Sailors Statue”, and “Navy-Peace Monument”
  • Historically known as: “Naval Monument” and “Navy Monument”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and United States Capitol.

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

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The , often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. is situated 1,000 feet east of Peace Monument.

Museum
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The is an art museum in , United States, located on the , between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. is situated 2,200 feet west of Peace Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitol Hill and East End.

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is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.

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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.

Suburb
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is the central business district of , located in It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

Peace Monument

Latitude
38.89065° or 38° 53′ 26″ north
Longitude
-77.01233° or 77° 0′ 44″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Height
39 feet (12 metres)
Open location code
87C4VXRQ+73
Open­Street­Map ID
way 722871846
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­no
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Geo­Names ID
4139976
Wiki­data ID
Q2065740
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Western Panjabi—“Peace Monument” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Peace Monument”
  • Chinese: “和平紀念碑 (華盛頓特區)”
  • Chinese: “和平紀念碑”
  • Croatian: “Spomenik mira”
  • Dutch: “Peace Monument”
  • French: “Peace Monument”
  • German: “Peace Monument”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת השלום (וושינגטון)”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת השלום”
  • Italian: “Monumento alla Pace”
  • Italian: “Peace Monument”
  • Japanese: “平和紀念碑 (ワシントンD.C.)”
  • Japanese: “平和紀念碑”
  • Russian: “Военно-морской памятник”
  • Russian: “Памятник мира”
  • Spanish: “Monumento a la Paz (Washington D. C.)”
  • Spanish: “Monumento a la Paz”
  • Swedish: “Peace Monument”
  • Ukrainian: “Монумент миру”
  • Ukrainian: “Пам’ятник миру”
  • Urdu: “یادگار امن”
  • Western Panjabi: “يادگار امن”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Peace Monument”. Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.