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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- 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.
Lincoln Memorial
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The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial honoring Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, located on the western end of the National Mall of Washington, D.C. The memorial is built in a neoclassical style in the form of a classical temple. Lincoln Memorial is situated 1,000 feet southwest of Vietnam Women’s Memorial.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Monument
Photo: Booyajoe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, commonly called the Vietnam Memorial, is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War.
Washington Monument
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The Washington Monument is a 555-foot tall obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the nation's first president. Washington Monument is situated 3,400 feet east of Vietnam Women’s Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foggy Bottom and Golden Triangle.
Foggy Bottom
Suburb
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Foggy Bottom is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States, located in the city's northwest quadrant. It stretches west of the White House towards the Potomac River, north of the National Mall, east of Georgetown, south of the West End neighborhood and west of Downtown D.C.
Golden Triangle
Neighborhood
The Golden Triangle is a neighborhood and business improvement district in Washington, D.C. Covering 43 blocks, it encompasses the western part of Washington's central business district, running from the front yard of the White House's north side to Dupont Circle and from 16th Street NW to 21st Street NW and including sections of K Street and Connecticut Avenue.
West End
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The West End of Downtown D.C. is the area immediately west of downtown. This guide focuses on the areas of K Street, the West End and Foggy Bottom neighborhoods.
Vietnam Women’s Memorial
- Categories: protected area, sculpture, monument, and historic site
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.89055° or 38° 53′ 26″ northLongitude
-77.04699° or 77° 2′ 49″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Inception
1993Open location code
87C4VXR3+66OpenStreetMap ID
way 895985390OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialGeoNames ID
4140886Wikidata ID
Q2910887
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In Other Languages
From French to Western Panjabi—“Vietnam Women’s Memorial” goes by many names.
- 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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