Vietnam Women’s Memorial

The Vietnam Women's Memorial is a memorial dedicated to the nurses and women of the United States who served in the Vietnam War. It depicts three uniformed women with a wounded male soldier to symbolize the support and caregiving roles that women played in the war as nurses and other specialists.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: memorial dedicated to the women of the United States who served in the Vietnam War
  • Also known as: “Women Who Served in Vietnam Memorial”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lincoln Memorial and Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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The is a U.S. national memorial honoring Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, located on the western end of the of The memorial is built in a neoclassical style in the form of a classical temple. is situated 1,000 feet southwest of Vietnam Women’s Memorial.

Monument
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The , commonly called the Vietnam Memorial, is a U.S. national memorial in , honoring service members of the United States Armed Forces who served in the Vietnam War.

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The is a 555-foot tall obelisk on the in , built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the nation's first president. is situated 3,400 feet east of Vietnam Women’s Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Foggy Bottom and Golden Triangle.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood of , United States, located in the city's quadrant. It stretches west of the towards the , north of the , east of , south of the neighborhood and west of .

Neighborhood
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The is a neighborhood and business improvement district in , United States. Covering 43 blocks, it encompasses the western part of Washington's central business district, running from the front yard of the 's north side to and from 16th Street NW to 21st Street NW and including sections of K Street and Connecticut Avenue.

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The of Downtown D.C. is the area immediately west of downtown. This guide focuses on the areas of K Street, the and Foggy Bottom neighborhoods.

Vietnam Women’s Memorial

Latitude
38.89055° or 38° 53′ 26″ north
Longitude
-77.04699° or 77° 2′ 49″ west
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Inception
1993
Open location code
87C4VXR3+66
Open­Street­Map ID
way 895985390
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Geo­Names ID
4140886
Wiki­data ID
Q2910887
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Vietnam Women’s Memorial” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نصب تذكاري لنساء فيتنام”
  • French: “Vietnam Women’s Memorial”
  • German: “Denkmal der Vietnam-Frauen”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת הלוחמות בווייטנאם”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת הלוחמות בוייטנאם”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת הלוחמות במלחמת וייטנאם”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת נשות וייטנאם”
  • Italian: “Memoriale alle Donne del Vietnam”
  • Japanese: “ベトナム女性記念碑”
  • Portuguese: “Memorial das Mulheres do Vietname”
  • Spanish: “Memorial a las mujeres de la guerra del Vietnam”
  • Spanish: “Monumento a las mujeres de la guerra del Vietnam”
  • Tamil: “வியட்நாம் பெண்கள் நினைவகம்”
  • Urdu: “ویتنام خواتین کی یادگار”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài tưởng niệm Phụ nữ ở Việt Nam”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài tưởng niệm Phụ nữ Việt Nam”
  • Western Panjabi: “ویتنام خواتین دی یادگار”

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