National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial is in Washington, D.C, at Judiciary Square, adjacent to the National Law Enforcement Museum. It honors 23,785 U.S. law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty throughout American history.Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and National Building Museum.
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.
National Building Museum
Museum
The National Building Museum is a museum of architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning in Northwest Washington, D.C., U.S. It was created by an act of Congress in 1980, and is a private non-profit institution. National Building Museum is situated 360 feet north of National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.
Capital One Arena
Stadium
Capital One Arena is an indoor arena in Washington, D.C. Located in the Chinatown section of the larger Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the Gallery Place rapid transit station of the Washington Metro. Capital One Arena is situated 1,100 feet northwest of National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East End and Downtown.
East End
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
NoMa
Neighborhood
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
NoMa is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Ward 6 of the city. The neighborhood encompasses the region north of Massachusetts Avenue located north and east of Union Station.
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
- Type: Memorial
- Description: Memorial in Washington, D.C.
- Category: historic site
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.89676° or 38° 53′ 48″ northLongitude
-77.01755° or 77° 1′ 3″ westOpen location code
87C4VXWJ+PXOpenStreetMap ID
node 306012833OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q6974030
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial”
- Chinese: “國家執法人員紀念館”
- Chinese: “國家法律執行官紀念碑”
- French: “National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת כוחות השיטור הלאומית (וושינגטון)”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת כוחות השיטור הלאומית”
- Persian: “یادبود ملی مجریان قانون”
- Urdu: “قومی قانون نافذ کرنے والے افسران کی یادگار”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Judiciary Square and Superior Court of the District of Columbia - Building A.
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