Walter Reed Army Medical Center
The Walter Reed Army Medical Center, officially known as Walter Reed General Hospital until 1951, was the U.S. Army's flagship medical center from 1909 to 2011.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Military installation
- Description: U.S. Army flagship medical center in Washington D.C. (1909–2011)
- Also known as: “Walter Reed General Hospital”, “Walter Reed Hospital”, “WRAMC”, and “WRGH”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Penguin Fountain and District of Columbia International School.
Penguin Fountain
Fountain
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Penguin Fountain is situated 520 feet east of Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
District of Columbia International School
School
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District of Columbia International School is a public charter school in Washington, DC. It offers an International Baccalaureate education to students in grades 6 to 12. District of Columbia International School is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Battleground National Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: D Monack, Public domain.
Battleground National Cemetery is a military burial ground, located along Georgia Avenue near Fort Stevens, in Washington, D.C.'s Brightwood neighborhood. The cemetery is managed by the National Park Service, together with other components of Rock Creek Park. Battleground National Cemetery is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shepherd Park and Brightwood.
Shepherd Park
Neighborhood
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Shepherd Park is a neighborhood in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. In the years following World War II, restrictive covenants which had prevented Jews and African Americans from purchasing homes in the neighborhood were no longer enforced, and the neighborhood became largely Jewish and African American.
Brightwood
Suburb
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Brightwood is a neighborhood in the northwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C. Brightwood is part of Ward 4.
Takoma
Suburb
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Takoma is a neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C. It is located in Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4B, in the district's Fourth Ward. It borders the city of Takoma Park, Maryland.
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- Category: former military hospital
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swedish—“Walter Reed Army Medical Center” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ուոլթեր Ռիդի անվան ռազմական բժշկական կենտրոն”
- Azerbaijani: “Uolter Rida adına Ordu tibb mərkəzi”
- Belarusian: “Армэйскі мэдычны цэнтар імя Ўолтэра Рыда”
- Belarusian: “Армэйскі мэдычны цэнтар Ўолтэра Рыда”
- Catalan: “Walter Reed Army Medical Center”
- Chinese: “沃尔特·里德陆军医疗中心”
- Chinese: “沃爾特·裏德醫療中心”
- Chinese: “沃爾特·裏德陸軍醫療中心”
- Chinese: “沃爾特·里德醫療中心”
- Chinese: “沃爾特·里德陸軍醫療中心”
- Chinese: “瓦尔特·立德军医中心”
- Chinese: “瓦尔特·里德医学中心”
- Chinese: “瓦爾特·立德軍醫中心”
- Chinese: “瓦爾特·里德醫學中心”
- Chinese: “美國華德里德軍醫中心”
- Chinese: “華特里德陸軍醫療中心”
- Dutch: “Walter Reed Army Medical Center”
- French: “Walter Reed Army Medical Center”
- Georgian: “უოლტერ რიდის სამხედრო-სამედიცინო ცენტრი”
- German: “Walter Reed Army Medical Center”
- German: “Walter-Reed-Militärkrankenhaus”
- Hebrew: “המרכז הרפואי הצבאי וולטר ריד”
- Indonesian: “Walter Reed Army Medical Center”
- Italian: “Walter Reed Army Medical Center”
- Japanese: “ウォルター・リード米軍医療センター”
- Japanese: “ウォルター・リード陸軍医療センター”
- Japanese: “ウォルターリード陸軍病院”
- Korean: “월터리드 미군의료센터”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Walter Reed Army Medical Center”
- Norwegian: “Walter Reed Army Medical Center”
- Ossetian: “Walter Reed Army Medical Center”
- Ossetian: “Уолтер Риды номыл æфсæддон медицинон центр”
- Persian: “مرکز پزشکی والتر رید نیروی زمینی”
- Polish: “Walter Reed Army Medical Center”
- Romanian: “Walter Reed Army Medical Center”
- Russian: “Армейский медицинский центр имени Уолтера Рида”
- Slovenian: “Washington, D.C.”
- Spanish: “Walter Reed Army Medical Center”
- Spanish: “Walter Reed General Hospital”
- Spanish: “Walter Reed Hospital”
- Spanish: “WRAMC”
- Spanish: “WRGH”
- Swedish: “militärsjukhuset Walter Reed”
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