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Historic
Washington DC Monuments
Ford's Theatre & Lincoln Museum - 511 10th Street, NW - 10th Street
Between E & F Streets. Telephone: (202) 426-6924. Metro Stop: the closest
station to the theatre is Metro Center.
Franklin Delano
Roosevelt (FDR) Memorial: 900 Ohio Drive, S.W., near the Jefferson
Memorial and the Potomac River. There are park rangers available from 8
a.m. to midnight every day except Christmas Day. There are no fees to
visit any of the monuments or memorials in the park. Telephone: (202)
426-6841 Information. Metro stop: Smithsonian Metro stop comes out on the
National Mall.
The Thomas
Jefferson Memorial - South bank of the Tidal Basin - At the Swan Boathouse
you can rent a paddle boat to cruise on the Basin. The Smithsonian Metro
stop comes out on the National Mall. Phone: (202) 426-6841
Korean War
Veterans Memorial - The memorial is staffed from 8 a.m. to midnight every
day except December 25 by park rangers who are available to answer
questions and present interpretive themes. A bookstore in the nearby
Lincoln Memorial sells informational items relating to both the memorial
and the Korean War. The Korean War Veterans Memorial is part of the
National Park System, one of more than 360 parks representing our nation's
natural and cultural heritage. Address inquiries to: Superintendent,
National Capital Parks-Central, 900 Ohio Drive SW, Washington, DC 20242.
The Lincoln
Memorial - West Potomac Park at the foot of 23rd Street, NW. Telephone:
(202) 426-6895. Metro Stop: Foggy Bottom or the Smithsonian Metro stop
which comes out on the National Mall.
The National
Building Museum - 401 F Street, NW, between 4th and 5th streets.
Wheelchair access at 4th and G streets. Metro Stop: Judiciary Square - Red
line. Telephone: (202) 272-2448.
The National
Postal Museum - 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE in the Washington City Post
Office Building on Capitol Hill (next to Union Station). Metro: Take
Metro's Red Line to Union Station. Leave through the Massachusetts Avenue
exit. As you get off the escalator, the National Postal Museum will be to
your left.
The United States
Navy Memorial and Visitors Center - Located at 701 Pennsylvania Avenue,
N.W., Suite 123, Washington, D.C., 20004-2608. The D.C. Metro's Green and
Yellow Line stops at Archives-Navy Memorial, steps from our front door.
There is a Motor Coach Drop on Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, between 7th and
9th Streets, in front of the U.S. Navy Memorial. The Memorial offers a
Concert Hotline at (202) 737-2300 ext. 768 for updated schedules or
cancellations due to weather.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Henry Bacon Drive & Constitution Avenue,
NW. Metro Stop: Smithsonian Metro stop comes out on the National Mall.
Telephone: (202) 426-6841.
The Washington Monument - On the Mall at 15th Street, SW. Tickets are
required. They are free and available at the booth located on the west
side of 15th Street, NW, on the Mall. Advance Tickets (small fee charged): Ticketmaster: (DC Metro) 202-432-7328 (Outside DC) 1-800-551-7328.
Facilities: Bookstore, Restrooms, Museum. Information: 202-426-6841. Metro
stop: Smithsonian
White House Park.
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