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 health club F45 Training, as well as near the nightclub Bohemian Caverns.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- 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
Lincoln Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Aude, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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
Photo: SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.91654° or 38° 54′ 60″ northLongitude
-77.02597° or 77° 1′ 34″ westElevation
89 feet (27 metres)Open location code
87C4WX8F+JJOpenStreetMap ID
node 358960294OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata 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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