African American Civil War Memorial

African American Civil War Memorial is a monument in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. African American Civil War Memorial is situated nearby to the fitness club F45 Training, as well as near the nightclub Bohemian Caverns.

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Type: Monument
Description: wall of honor and sculpture honors the American Civil War service of African American soldiers and sailors
Also known as: “African Americans Served With Union Forces Memorial”, “Spirit of Freedom”, and “Spirit of Freedom sculpture”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include U Street Metro Station and Lincoln Theatre.

U Street Metro Station

Metro station

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U Street station is a rapid transit station on the Green Line and Yellow Line of the Washington Metro in the U Street neighborhood of Washington, D.C. U Street station is located in northwest Washington and serves the U Street neighborhood. U Street Metro Station is situated 440 feet west of African American Civil War Memorial.

Lincoln Theatre

Theater building

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Lincoln Theatre is a historic theater in Washington, D.C., located at 1215 U Street, next to Ben's Chili Bowl. The theater, located on "Washington's Black Broadway", served the city's African American community when segregation kept them out of other venues. Lincoln Theatre is situated 910 feet west of African American Civil War Memorial.

Ben’s Chili Bowl

Fast food restaurant

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Ben's Chili Bowl is a restaurant in Washington, D.C., United States, located at 1213 U Street, next to Lincoln Theatre, in the U Street Corridor, also known as the Cardozo/Shaw neighborhood in Northwest D.C. Ben’s Chili Bowl is situated 830 feet west of African American Civil War Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shaw and Logan Circle.

Shaw

Photo: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0.

Shaw is a neighborhood in north-central Washington D.C. just east of Dupont Circle and south of Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights. Although it has a diverse population, Shaw is distinctive from the adjacent areas due to its African-American heritage.

Logan Circle

Neighborhood

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Logan Circle is a historic roundabout park and neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. The majority of Logan Circle is primarily residential, except for the highly-commercialized 14th Street corridor that passes through the western part of the neighborhood.

Columbia Heights

Suburb

Photo: D Monack, Public domain.

Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, and Columbia Heights are three bordering neighborhoods in Washington DC, each with a different character, but united in an unmistakable sense of dynamism, diversity, youth, and nightlife.

African American Civil War Memorial

Categories: memorial, National Park System unit, and historic site
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.91654° or 38° 54′ 60″ north

Longitude

-77.02597° or 77° 1′ 34″ west

Elevation

89 feet (27 metres)

Open location code

87C4WX8F+JJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358960294

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monument

Wikidata ID

Q383962

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“African American Civil War Memorial” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “African American Civil War Memorial”
Chinese: “非裔美国人内战纪念碑”
Chinese: “非裔美國人內戰紀念碑”
Dutch: “African American Civil War Memorial”
French: “African American Civil War Memorial”
German: “African American Civil War Memorial”
Hebrew: “אנדרטת הלוחמים השחורים במלחמת האזרחים”
Italian: “African American Civil War Memorial”
Japanese: “アフリカ系アメリカ人南北戦争記念施設”
Portuguese: “African American Civil War Memorial”
Russian: “Мемориал афроамериканцам в Гражданской войне”
Spanish: “African American Civil War Memorial”
Spanish: “Monumento conmemorativo Afro-Americano de la Guerra Civil”
Swedish: “African American Civil War Memorial”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include F45 Training and Bohemian Caverns.

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