DC Monuments

World War II Memorial

Designed to be "a monument to the spirit, sacrifice, and commitment of the American people to the common defense of the nation and to the broader causes of peace

and freedom from tyranny throughout the world".

In 2001, a national competition was held to determine who would design the memorial. The winner was Friedrich St. Florian, an architect based in Providence, R.I. Florian was dubbed lead designer and was joined by a team of additional design professionals, including sculptor Ray Kaskey and stone carver/letterer Nick Benson.

It sits on a 7.4 acre site and measures approximately
337 feet long by 240 feet wide.

George Mason Memorial

The George Mason Memorial honors contributions of one of our founding fathers. George Mason wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights and attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787. 

Mason, an Anti-Federalist, did not sign the US Constitution because it did not abolish the slave trade and because he did not think it had necessary protection for the individual from the federal government.

National Japanese American Memorial

By David Buckley Architects and James Urban Landscape Architecture along with artist Nina A. Akamu, the memorial commemorates the loyalty and patriotism of Japanese American veterans in World War II and remembers Japanese Americans held unlawfully in internment camps. The nautilus-shaped memorial is designed to guide visitors through sensations of confinement and release, evoking the experience of Japanese Americans during the war.