Ulysses S Grant Memorial
The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring American Civil War general and 18th president of the United States, Ulysses S.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Memorial
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: artwork and war memorial in Washington, D.C., by Henry Shrady and Edward Pearce Casey
- Also known as: “Grant Memorial”, “Ulysses S. Grant Memorial”, and “Ulysses S. Grant Statue”
- Historically known as: “President Ulysses S Grant Memorial”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and United States Capitol.
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.
United States Capitol
Photo: Ottojula, Public domain.
The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. United States Capitol is situated 1,100 feet east of Ulysses S Grant Memorial.
National Gallery of Art
Museum
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The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. National Gallery of Art is situated 2,100 feet west of Ulysses S Grant Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capitol Hill and East End.
Capitol Hill
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Capitol Hill 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.
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
Photo: Kurt Kaiser, CC0.
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.
Ulysses S Grant Memorial
- Categories: group of sculptures, war memorial, building, and historic site
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.88977° or 38° 53′ 23″ northLongitude
-77.01291° or 77° 0′ 47″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Height
17 feet (5.2 metres)Open location code
87C4VXQP+WROpenStreetMap ID
way 66418999OpenStreetMap feature
building=noOpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueGeoNames ID
4140083Wikidata ID
Q1571266
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Western Panjabi—“Ulysses S Grant Memorial” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “President Ulysses S Grant Memorial”
- Chinese: “尤利西斯·S·格蘭特紀念館”
- French: “mémorial Ulysses S. Grant”
- French: “Mémorial Ulysses S. Grant”
- French: “Ulysses S. Grant Memorial”
- German: “Ulysses S. Grant Memorial”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת יוליסס ס. גרנט”
- Hindi: “यूलिसिस एस. ग्रांट मेमोरियल”
- Ido: “Memorigilo di Ulysses S. Grant”
- Japanese: “ユリシーズ・S・グラント・メモリアル”
- Korean: “율리시스 S. 그랜트 기념관”
- Portuguese: “Ulysses S. Grant Memorial”
- Russian: “Мемориал Улисса Гранта”
- Spanish: “Monumento conmemorativo a Ulysses S. Grant”
- Swedish: “Ulysses S. Grant Memorial”
- Urdu: “یولیسس ایس گرانٹ میموریل”
- Western Panjabi: “یولیسس گرانٹ چیتا تھاں”
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