Monuments & memorials. George Washington Masonic National Memorial Tem...
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Monuments & memorials. Walter Johnson memorial at Griffith Stadium II
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Flight 93 memorial soon after the September 11, 2011 crash, located in...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The jacket with the words Shanksville on it is an origi... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island & Memorial, Washington, D.C.
Theodore Roosevelt Island is a national memorial located in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. and was the gift to the American people of the Theodore Roosevelt Association in memory of the 26th US president... More
World War I Memorial, Jackson, Mississippi
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Alabama Veterans Memorial Park is a 21-acre park located on a wooded h...
The complex includes an Education Center, a historical timeline walkway, and a temple engraved with the 11,000 names of Alabamians lost to war in the 20th Century. Each pedestal features detailed artworks. Titl... More
Alabama Veterans Memorial Park is a 21-acre park located on a wooded h...
The complex includes an Education Center, a historical timeline walkway, and a temple engraved with the 11,000 names of Alabamians lost to war in the 20th Century. Each pedestal features detailed artworks. Titl... More
Alabama Veterans Memorial Park is a 21-acre park located on a wooded h...
The complex includes an Education Center, a historical timeline walkway, and a temple engraved with the 11,000 names of Alabamians lost to war in the 20th Century. Each pedestal features detailed artworks. Titl... More
Confederate flag made out of flowers at the Confederate Statue in Jasp...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Alabama Veterans Memorial Park is a 21-acre park located on a wooded h...
The complex includes an Education Center, a historical timeline walkway, and a temple engraved with the 11,000 names of Alabamians lost to war in the 20th Century. Each pedestal features detailed artworks. Titl... More
Confederate statue in Jasper, Alabama
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Bartholomew County Memorial for Veterans, designed by Thompson and Ros...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift;... More
Flanders Field American Cemetery & Memorial, Chapel, Wortegemseweg 117...
Significance: Flanders Field American Cemetery & Memorial is one of eight overseas World War I cemeteries designed and administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), a federal agency created i... More
Arlington National Cemetery, USS Maine Memorial, Arlington, Arlington ...
Significance: "Remember the Maine" was the popular call of the "yellow" or sensational press, Congress, and private citizens throughout the United States as they rallied around the tragedy of 1898. The sinking ... More
Arlington National Cemetery, USS Maine Memorial, Arlington, Arlington ...
Significance: "Remember the Maine" was the popular call of the "yellow" or sensational press, Congress, and private citizens throughout the United States as they rallied around the tragedy of 1898. The sinking ... More
Arlington National Cemetery, USS Maine Memorial, Arlington, Arlington ...
Significance: "Remember the Maine" was the popular call of the "yellow" or sensational press, Congress, and private citizens throughout the United States as they rallied around the tragedy of 1898. The sinking ... More
District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, Dist...
Significance: The District of Columbia War Memorial was built to commemorate the citizens of the District of Columbia who served in World War I. Authorized by an Act of Congress in 1924, funds to construct the... More
Count Rumford Birthplace (Garden), 90 Elm Street, North Woburn, Middle...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-48 Survey number: HABS MA-240 Building/structure dates: ca. 1700- 1714 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1923 Initial Construction ... More
USS Arizona, Submerged off Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Honolu...
Significance: USS ARIZONA, a steel hulled battleship, was destroyed during the Japanese attach on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Struck by a bomb and possibly torpedoes, this ship was sunk, along with other... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
United States Marine Corps War Memorial, Marshall Drive, Arlington, Ar...
Significance: The immediate importance of the second flag-raising that occurred on 23 February 1945 on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima lies in how it resonated with the U.S. Marines as they continued their thir... More
Washington & Lee University, Lee Chapel, Lexington, Lexington, Virgini...
Significance: The Lee Chapel was declared a Registered National Historic Landmark in 1961 by the U.S. Department of the Interior which stated that "This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and ill... More
Frederick Douglass House, 1411 W Street, Southeast, Washington, Distri...
See also HALS DC-2 and HALS DC-3 for related documentation. Significance: The house was the residence of the Marshal and Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, Minister to Haiti and runaway slave, Fred... More
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...
Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...
Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...
Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...
Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...
Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More
Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More
Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More
Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More
Monuments & memorials. John Ericsson statue and Lincoln Memorial II
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Monuments & memorials. Guggenheim fountain in front of Department of C...
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Monuments & memorials. George Washington Masonic National Memorial Tem...
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Memorial to Lives Lost at Sea, Washington D.C.
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Memorial at the Pentagon - Flag 1
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Alabama Veterans Memorial Park is a 21-acre park located on a wooded h...
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Alabama Veterans Memorial Park is a 21-acre park located on a wooded h...
The complex includes an Education Center, a historical timeline walkway, and a temple engraved with the 11,000 names of Alabamians lost to war in the 20th Century. Each pedestal features detailed artworks. Titl... More
Alabama Veterans Memorial Park is a 21-acre park located on a wooded h...
The complex includes an Education Center, a historical timeline walkway, and a temple engraved with the 11,000 names of Alabamians lost to war in the 20th Century. Each pedestal features detailed artworks. Titl... More
Alabama Veterans Memorial Park is a 21-acre park located on a wooded h...
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This is an amazing stone wall constructed single-handedly by a man nam...
Hendrix's great great grandmother was a 14-year old Yuchi Indian girl who was forcibly moved along with thousands of others to an Oklahoma reservation during the early 1800's. From the reservation she ran away ... More
Civil Rights Memorial, Montgomery, Alabama
The Civil Rights Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, is a circular black granite table that chronicles the history of the movement in lines that radiate like the hands of a clock. Water emerges from the table's cen... More
Alabama Veterans Memorial Park is a 21-acre park located on a wooded h...
The complex includes an Education Center, a historical timeline walkway, and a temple engraved with the 11,000 names of Alabamians lost to war in the 20th Century. Each pedestal features detailed artworks. Titl... More
Alabama Veterans Memorial Park is a 21-acre park located on a wooded h...
The complex includes an Education Center, a historical timeline walkway, and a temple engraved with the 11,000 names of Alabamians lost to war in the 20th Century. Each pedestal features detailed artworks. Titl... More
Alabama Veterans Memorial Park is a 21-acre park located on a wooded h...
The complex includes an Education Center, a historical timeline walkway, and a temple engraved with the 11,000 names of Alabamians lost to war in the 20th Century. Each pedestal features detailed artworks. Titl... More
Memorial to fallen firefighters in Payson, Arizona
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More
Arlington National Cemetery, USS Maine Memorial, Arlington, Arlington ...
Significance: "Remember the Maine" was the popular call of the "yellow" or sensational press, Congress, and private citizens throughout the United States as they rallied around the tragedy of 1898. The sinking ... More
Arlington National Cemetery, USS Maine Memorial, Arlington, Arlington ...
Significance: "Remember the Maine" was the popular call of the "yellow" or sensational press, Congress, and private citizens throughout the United States as they rallied around the tragedy of 1898. The sinking ... More
Arlington National Cemetery, USS Maine Memorial, Arlington, Arlington ...
Significance: "Remember the Maine" was the popular call of the "yellow" or sensational press, Congress, and private citizens throughout the United States as they rallied around the tragedy of 1898. The sinking ... More
Arlington National Cemetery, USS Maine Memorial, Arlington, Arlington ...
Significance: "Remember the Maine" was the popular call of the "yellow" or sensational press, Congress, and private citizens throughout the United States as they rallied around the tragedy of 1898. The sinking ... More
Arlington National Cemetery, USS Maine Memorial, Arlington, Arlington ...
Significance: "Remember the Maine" was the popular call of the "yellow" or sensational press, Congress, and private citizens throughout the United States as they rallied around the tragedy of 1898. The sinking ... More
Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park, Rosie the Riveter Memorial...
Survey number: HAER CA-326-D Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ellsworth Air Force Base, Recreation Building, 1312 LeMay Boulevard, B...
Significance: The Recreation Building (Youth Center) was constructed in 1954-55 to serve as a center for supervised youth activities. The building was donated by the General Richard E. Ellsworth family to serve... More
Pearl Harbor Memorial Community Church, 20 Bougainville Drive, Honolul...
Significance: The church was listed in the Hawai'i Register of Historic Places in 2003, and was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The stained glass window wall possess... More
Pearl Harbor Memorial Community Church, 20 Bougainville Drive, Honolul...
Significance: The church was listed in the Hawai'i Register of Historic Places in 2003, and was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The stained glass window wall possess... More
Perry Memorial Building, Second & French Streets, Erie, Erie County, P...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-38, FN-39, FN-40, FN-42 Survey number: HABS PA-52 Building/structure dates: 1812 Initial Construction
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Frederick Douglass House, 1411 W Street, Southeast, Washington, Distri...
See also HALS DC-2 and HALS DC-3 for related documentation. Significance: The house was the residence of the Marshal and Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, Minister to Haiti and runaway slave, Fred... More
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...
Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...
Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...
Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...
Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...
Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More
Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More
Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More
Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More
Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More
Monuments & memorials. First Division monument
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Monuments & memorials. John Ericsson statue and Lincoln Memorial I
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Monuments & memorials. Adams memorial, Rock Creek Cemetery II
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Monuments & memorials. George Washington Masonic National Memorial Tem...
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Monuments & memorials. Second Division monument, World War One III
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Memorial at the Pentagon - Poster
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Alabama Veterans Memorial Park is a 21-acre park located on a wooded h...
The complex includes an Education Center, a historical timeline walkway, and a temple engraved with the 11,000 names of Alabamians lost to war in the 20th Century. Each pedestal features detailed artworks. Titl... More
Arlington National Cemetery, USS Maine Memorial, Arlington, Arlington ...
Significance: "Remember the Maine" was the popular call of the "yellow" or sensational press, Congress, and private citizens throughout the United States as they rallied around the tragedy of 1898. The sinking ... More
Arlington National Cemetery, USS Maine Memorial, Arlington, Arlington ...
Significance: "Remember the Maine" was the popular call of the "yellow" or sensational press, Congress, and private citizens throughout the United States as they rallied around the tragedy of 1898. The sinking ... More
District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, Dist...
Significance: The District of Columbia War Memorial was built to commemorate the citizens of the District of Columbia who served in World War I. Authorized by an Act of Congress in 1924, funds to construct the... More
District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, Dist...
Significance: The District of Columbia War Memorial was built to commemorate the citizens of the District of Columbia who served in World War I. Authorized by an Act of Congress in 1924, funds to construct the... More
Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park, Rosie the Riveter Memorial...
Survey number: HAER CA-326-D Public domain photograph of a monument, memorial, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ellsworth Air Force Base, Recreation Building, 1312 LeMay Boulevard, B...
Significance: The Recreation Building (Youth Center) was constructed in 1954-55 to serve as a center for supervised youth activities. The building was donated by the General Richard E. Ellsworth family to serve... More
Ellsworth Air Force Base, Recreation Building, 1312 LeMay Boulevard, B...
Significance: The Recreation Building (Youth Center) was constructed in 1954-55 to serve as a center for supervised youth activities. The building was donated by the General Richard E. Ellsworth family to serve... More
Pearl Harbor Memorial Community Church, 20 Bougainville Drive, Honolul...
Significance: The church was listed in the Hawai'i Register of Historic Places in 2003, and was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The stained glass window wall possess... More
Perry Memorial Building, Second & French Streets, Erie, Erie County, P...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-38, FN-39, FN-40, FN-42 Survey number: HABS PA-52 Building/structure dates: 1812 Initial Construction
Perry Memorial Building, Second & French Streets, Erie, Erie County, P...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-38, FN-39, FN-40, FN-42 Survey number: HABS PA-52 Building/structure dates: 1812 Initial Construction
Count Rumford Birthplace (Garden), 90 Elm Street, North Woburn, Middle...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-48 Survey number: HABS MA-240 Building/structure dates: ca. 1700- 1714 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1923 Initial Construction ... More
Fairview Cemetery, 700 Yale Boulevard Southeast, Albuquerque, Bernalil...
Entry and First Place Recipient 2011 HALS Challenge: Celebrating Cultural Landscapes of Diversity Significance: Fairview Cemetery (now Fairview Memorial Park) was the first cemetery established to serve New Tow... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
United States Marine Corps War Memorial, Marshall Drive, Arlington, Ar...
Significance: The immediate importance of the second flag-raising that occurred on 23 February 1945 on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima lies in how it resonated with the U.S. Marines as they continued their thir... More
Frederick Douglass House, 1411 W Street, Southeast, Washington, Distri...
See also HALS DC-2 and HALS DC-3 for related documentation. Significance: The house was the residence of the Marshal and Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, Minister to Haiti and runaway slave, Fred... More
Frederick Douglass House, 1411 W Street, Southeast, Washington, Distri...
See also HALS DC-2 and HALS DC-3 for related documentation. Significance: The house was the residence of the Marshal and Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, Minister to Haiti and runaway slave, Fred... More
Frederick Douglass House, 1411 W Street, Southeast, Washington, Distri...
See also HALS DC-2 and HALS DC-3 for related documentation. Significance: The house was the residence of the Marshal and Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, Minister to Haiti and runaway slave, Fred... More
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...
Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...
Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...
Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...
Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More