Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial is a United States presidential memorial in Washington, D.C. honoring Dwight David Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II and the 34th president of the United States.- Type: Protected area
- Description: United States presidential memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Also known as: “DDEM”, “Dwight D. Eisenhower Mem.”, and “Eisenhower Memorial”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and National Museum of the American Indian.
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 Museum of the American Indian
Museum
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The National Museum of the American Indian is a museum in the United States devoted to the culture of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. It is part of the Smithsonian Institution group of museums and research centers. National Museum of the American Indian is situated 740 feet northeast of Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial.
National Gallery of Art
Museum
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The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. National Gallery of Art is situated 1,600 feet north of Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waterfront and East End.
Waterfront
The Waterfront is just south of the National Mall. In addition to beautiful views of the Washington Channel, which separates the parkland on Hains Point with the land contiguous with the National Mall, this neighborhood includes great seafood, restaurants, bars, sports stadiums, entertainment options and boat excursions.
East End
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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.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Latitude
38.88711° or 38° 53′ 14″ northLongitude
-77.01876° or 77° 1′ 8″ westInception
September 17th, 2020Operator
National Park ServiceNamed after
Dwight D. EisenhowerOpen location code
87C4VXPJ+RFOpenStreetMap ID
way 847351296OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q5318133
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Urdu—“Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Դուայթ Էյզենհաուերի հուշարձան”
- Catalan: “Memorial Dwight D. Eisenhower”
- Chinese: “德懷特·D·艾森豪威爾紀念館”
- Danish: “Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial”
- French: “mémorial Dwight D. Eisenhower”
- French: “Mémorial Dwight D. Eisenhower”
- German: “Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת דווייט ד. אייזנהאואר”
- Italian: “Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial”
- Urdu: “ڈیوائٹ ڈی آئزن ہاور میموریل”
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