Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Washington, United States

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Number of sights 29 sights
Distance 8.6 km
Ascend 207 m
Descend 214 m

Experience Washington in United States in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Washington

Sight 1: General John J. Pershing Statue

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John J. Pershing General of the Armies, is a public artwork by American artist Robert White, located at the National World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C.. John J. Pershing General of the Armies was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1994. The monument is a tribute to United States Army general John J. Pershing.

Wikipedia: John J. Pershing General of the Armies (EN)

48 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: National World War I Memorial

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The National World War I Memorial is a national memorial commemorating the service rendered by members of the United States Armed Forces in World War I. The 2015 National Defense Authorization Act authorized the World War I Centennial Commission to build the memorial in Pershing Park, located at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. The park, which has existed since 1981, also contains the John J. Pershing General of the Armies commemorative work. In January 2016, the design commission selected the submission "The Weight of Sacrifice", by a team consisting of Joseph Weishaar, Sabin Howard, Phoebe Lickwar, and GWWO Architects, as the winning design, which is expected to be completed by 2024.

Wikipedia: National World War I Memorial (Washington, D.C.) (EN), Website

326 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Jacqueline Kennedy Garden

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Jacqueline Kennedy Garden

The Jacqueline Kennedy Garden is located at the White House south of the East Colonnade. The garden balances the Rose Garden on the west side of the White House.

Wikipedia: Jacqueline Kennedy Garden (EN)

146 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Alexander Hamilton Statue

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Alexander Hamilton Statue

A bronze statue of Alexander Hamilton by James Earle Fraser, dedicated on May 17, 1923, is found on the south patio of the U.S. Treasury Building in Washington, D.C.

Wikipedia: Statue of Alexander Hamilton (Washington, D.C.) (EN)

140 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: General William T. Sherman Monument

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General William T. Sherman Monument Tim Evanson / CC BY-SA 2.0

The General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument is an equestrian statue of American Civil War Major General William Tecumseh Sherman located in Sherman Plaza, which is part of President's Park in Washington, D.C., in the United States. The selection of an artist in 1896 to design the monument was highly controversial. During the monument's design phase, artist Carl Rohl-Smith died, and his memorial was finished by a number of other sculptors. The Sherman statue was unveiled in 1903. It is a contributing property to the Civil War Monuments in Washington, D.C. and to the President's Park South, both of which are historic sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Wikipedia: General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument (EN), Heritage Website

251 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: The Ellipse

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The Ellipse

The Ellipse, sometimes referred to as President's Park South, is a 52-acre (21 ha) park south of the White House fence and north of Constitution Avenue and the National Mall in Washington, D.C., US. The Ellipse is also the name of the five-furlong (1.0 km) circumference street within the park. The entire park, which features monuments, is open to the public and is part of President's Park. The Ellipse is the location for many annual events.

Wikipedia: The Ellipse (EN)

341 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: First Division Monument

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The First Division Monument is located in President's Park, south of State Place Northwest, between 17th Street Northwest and West Executive Avenue Northwest in Washington, DC, United States. The Monument commemorates those who died while serving in the 1st Infantry Division of the U.S. Army of World War I and subsequent wars.

Wikipedia: First Division Monument (EN)

149 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Canova Lions

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The Canova Lions, located in front of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., are copies of a pair of lions sculpted by Antonio Canova in 1792 for the tomb of Pope Clement XIII in St Peter's in Rome. The originals were sculpted from marble; these were cast in bronze from molds of the originals. The pieces were installed in 1860.

Wikipedia: Canova Lions (EN)

216 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: DAR Museum

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DAR Museum

The DAR Museum, run by the Daughters of the American Revolution, is an art and history museum in Washington, D.C. The museum is located in Memorial Continental Hall, just down the street from DAR Constitution Hall, where some of the museum's concerts take place.

Wikipedia: DAR Museum (EN), Website

327 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Second Infantry Division Memorial

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The Second Division Memorial is located in President's Park, between 17th Street Northwest and Constitution Avenue in Washington, DC, United States.

Wikipedia: Second Division Memorial (EN)

184 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: German-American Friendship Garden

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The German-American Friendship Garden on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. stands as a symbol of the positive and cooperative relations between the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany.

Wikipedia: German-American Friendship Garden (EN)

316 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 12: Lockkeeper's House

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The Lockkeeper's House is the oldest building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. It was built in 1837 at what is now the southwest corner of 17th Street, NW and Constitution Avenue, NW, near Constitution Gardens.

Wikipedia: Lockkeeper's House, C & O Canal Extension (EN)

229 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: General Jose Gervasio Artigas Statue

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General Jose Gervasio Artigas Statue José Luis Zorrilla de San Martín / CC BY-SA 3.0

General Jose Gervasio Artigas is a bronze statue, in Washington, DC, capital of the United States, at the intersection of Constitution Avenue and Virginia Avenue, at 18th Street. It is one of a set called the Statues of the Liberators. José Artigas was a 19th-century general, sometimes called "the father of Uruguayan independence", "Protector de los Pueblos Libres" or "Jefe de los Orientales".

Wikipedia: General José Gervasio Artigas (EN)

73 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Art Museum of the Americas

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Art Museum of the Americas (AMA), located in Washington, D.C., is the first art museum in the United States primarily devoted to exhibiting works of modern and contemporary art from Latin America and the Caribbean. The museum was formally established in 1976 by the Organization of American States (OAS) as the Museum of Modern Art of Latin America. Artists represented in the AMA's permanent collection include Carlos Cruz-Diez, Candido Portinari, Pedro Figari, Fernando de Szyszlo, Amelia Peláez, and Alejandro Obregón.

Wikipedia: Art Museum of the Americas (EN)

88 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: The Liberator Simon Bolivar Memorial

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The Liberator Simon Bolivar Memorial

An equestrian statue of Venezuelan military and political leader Simón Bolívar by the American artist Felix de Weldon is located in Washington, D.C., at Virginia Avenue NW, 18th Street NW, and C Street NW, near the United States Department of Interior and the Pan American Union Building of the Organization of American States. It was surveyed as part of the Smithsonian Institution's Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1993.

Wikipedia: Equestrian of Simón Bolívar (EN)

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Interior Museum

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Interior Museum

The Interior Museum is a museum operated by the United States Department of the Interior and housed at the department's headquarters at the Stewart Lee Udall Main Interior Building in Washington, D.C., on the first floor.

Wikipedia: Interior Museum (EN), Website

209 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 17: DAR Constitution Hall

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DAR Constitution Hall is a concert hall located at 1776 D Street NW, near the White House in Washington, D.C. It was built in 1929 by the Daughters of the American Revolution to house its annual convention when membership delegations outgrew Memorial Continental Hall. Later, the two buildings were connected by a third structure housing the DAR Museum, administrative offices, and genealogical library. DAR Constitution Hall is still owned and operated by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985. It has been a major cultural center of the city since its construction, and houses its largest auditorium.

Wikipedia: DAR Constitution Hall (EN)

351 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 18: Major General John A. Rawlins Statue

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The statue of John Aaron Rawlins, a United States Army general who served during the Civil War and later as Secretary of War, is a focal point of Rawlins Park, a small public park in Washington, D.C.'s Foggy Bottom neighborhood. It was installed in 1874, but relocated several times between 1880 and 1931. The statue was sculpted by French-American artist Joseph A. Bailly, whose best known work is the statue of George Washington in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia.

Wikipedia: Statue of John Aaron Rawlins (EN)

147 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 19: Octagon House

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Octagon House

The Octagon House, also known as the Colonel John Tayloe III House, is a house located at 1799 New York Avenue, Northwest in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was built in 1799 for John Tayloe III, the wealthiest planter in the country, at the behest of his new family member, George Washington. In September 1814, after British forces burnt the White House during the War of 1812, for six months the Octagon House served as the residence of United States president James Madison and first lady Dolley Madison. It is one of only five houses to serve as the presidential residence in the history of the United States of America, and one of only three, along with the White House and Blair House, that still stand.

Wikipedia: The Octagon House (EN), Website

737 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 20: Bernardo de Galvez

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Bernardo de Galvez

Bernardo de Gálvez is a bronze equestrian statue of Bernardo de Gálvez, 1st Viscount of Galveston, sculpted by Juan de Ávalos of Spain.

Wikipedia: Bernardo de Gálvez (statue) (EN)

326 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 21: National Museum of American Diplomacy

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National Museum of American Diplomacy

The National Museum of American Diplomacy (NMAD) is the first museum in the United States dedicated to telling the stories of American diplomacy. Its mission is to inspire discovery of how American diplomacy shapes the nation's prosperity and security.

Wikipedia: National Museum of American Diplomacy (EN), Website

502 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 22: Albert Einstein Memorial

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The Albert Einstein Memorial is a monumental bronze statue by sculptor Robert Berks, depicting Albert Einstein seated with manuscript papers in hand. It is located in central Washington, D.C., United States, in a grove of trees at the southwest corner of the grounds of the National Academy of Sciences at 2101 Constitution Avenue N.W., near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Two replicas exist at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Wikipedia: Albert Einstein Memorial (EN)

340 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 23: The Three Soldiers

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Three Soldiers is a bronze statue by Frederick Hart. Unveiled on Veterans Day, November 11, 1984, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., it is part of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial commemorating the Vietnam War. It was the first representation of an African American on the National Mall.

Wikipedia: The Three Soldiers (EN)

276 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 24: Lincoln Memorial

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Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial that honors the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. An example of neoclassicism, it is in the form of a classical temple and is located at the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Henry Bacon is the memorial's architect and Daniel Chester French designed the large interior statue of a seated Abraham Lincoln (1920), which was carved in marble by the Piccirilli brothers. Jules Guerin painted the interior murals, and the epitaph above the statue was written by Royal Cortissoz. Dedicated on May 30, 1922, it is one of several memorials built to honor an American president. It has been a major tourist attraction since its opening, and over the years, has occasionally been used as a symbolic center focused on race relations and civil rights.

Wikipedia: Lincoln Memorial (EN), Website

92 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 25: Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (1920) is a colossal seated figure of the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), sculpted by Daniel Chester French (1850–1931) and carved by the Piccirilli Brothers. Located in the Lincoln Memorial, on the National Mall, Washington, D.C., United States, the statue was unveiled in 1922. The work follows in the Beaux Arts and American Renaissance style traditions.

Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln (French 1920) (EN)

396 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 26: Korean War Veterans Memorial

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Korean War Veterans Memorial

The Korean War Veterans Memorial is located in Washington, D.C.'s West Potomac Park, southeast of the Lincoln Memorial and just south of the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall. It memorializes those who served in the Korean War (1950–1953). The national memorial was dedicated in 1995. It includes 19 statues representing U.S. military personnel in action. In 2022, the memorial was expanded to include a granite memorial wall, engraved with the names of U.S. military personnel who died in the war.

Wikipedia: Korean War Veterans Memorial (EN)

620 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 27: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Original work: The photo is created by an employee of the U.S. govt (Natl Park Service) as part of his official duties. However, the sculptor holds the copyright for the actual sculpture that is part of the NPS memorial. Depiction: Photo is created by employee of U.S. Govt (National Park Service) - but image copyright is owned by sculptor. However I believe this is fair use as a 2-dimensional reproduction of a 3-D sculpture, for use in an article that explicitly describes controversy over depiction of MLK in terms of whether or not it is "overly stern," and whether or not the use of white granite is appropriate for a sculpture of a black man. / Fair use

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 (1.6 ha) and includes the Stone of Hope, a granite statue of Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. carved by sculptor Lei Yixin. The inspiration for the memorial design is a line from King's "I Have a Dream" speech: "Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope." The memorial opened to the public on August 22, 2011, after more than two decades of planning, fund-raising, and construction.

Wikipedia: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (EN)

641 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 28: John Ericsson National Memorial

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John Ericsson National Memorial

John Ericsson Memorial, located near the National Mall at Ohio Drive and Independence Avenue, SW, in Washington, D.C., is dedicated to the man who revolutionized naval history with his invention of the screw propeller. The Swedish engineer John Ericsson was also the designer of USS Monitor, the ship that ensured Union naval supremacy during the American Civil War.

Wikipedia: John Ericsson National Memorial (EN)

1002 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 29: Arlington Memorial Bridge

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The Arlington Memorial Bridge, often shortened to Memorial Bridge, is a Neoclassical masonry, steel, and stone arch bridge with a central bascule that crosses the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. First proposed in 1886, the bridge went unbuilt for decades thanks to political quarrels over whether the bridge should be a memorial, and to whom or what. Traffic problems associated with the dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in November 1921 and the desire to build a bridge in time for the bicentennial of the birth of George Washington led to its construction in 1932.

Wikipedia: Arlington Memorial Bridge (EN), Heritage Website

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