Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is a national memorial located in West Potomac Park next to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It covers four acres and includes the Stone of Hope, a granite statue of civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. carved by sculptor Lei Yixin.- Type: Monument
- Description: memorial located in West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C.
- Also known as: “M.L.K. Jr. Memorial”, “Martin Luther King Jr Memorial”, “Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial”, and “MLKM”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and Lincoln Memorial.
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.
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 2,100 feet northwest of Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.
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 2,800 feet northeast of Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Golden Triangle and Foggy Bottom.
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.
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.
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.
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
- Categories: National Memorial of the United States, park, and historic site
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.88609° or 38° 53′ 10″ northLongitude
-77.04404° or 77° 2′ 39″ westOperator
National Park ServiceNamed after
Martin Luther King Jr.Open location code
87C4VXP4+C9OpenStreetMap ID
way 398822975OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q536802
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “النصب التذكاري لمارتن لوثر كينغ الابن”
- Cebuano: “Martin Luther King Jr Memorial”
- Chinese: “馬丁·路德·金恩紀念碑”
- Chinese: “馬丁·路德·金紀念碑”
- Chinese: “馬丁·路德·金紀念館”
- Chinese: “马丁·路德·金纪念堂”
- Chinese: “马丁·路德·金纪念碑”
- Dutch: “Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial”
- French: “Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial”
- German: “Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת מרטין לותר קינג”
- Latin: “Monumentum Nationale Martini Lutheri King Iunioris”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Martin Luther King jr.-minnesmerket”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial”
- Portuguese: “Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial”
- Romanian: “Monumentul lui Martin Luther King Jr.”
- Russian: “Мемориал Мартина Лютера Кинга младшего”
- Russian: “Мемориал Мартину Лютеру Кингу”
- Spanish: “Monumento a Martin Luther King, Jr.”
- Swedish: “Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial”
- Tamil: “மார்ட்டின் லூதர் கிங் நினைவகம்”
- Thai: “อนุสรณ์สถานมาร์ติน ลูเทอร์ คิง จูเนียร์”
- Urdu: “مارٹن لوتھر کنگ جونیئر میموریل”
- Western Panjabi: “مارٹن لوتھر کنگ یادگار”
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