List of National Memorials of the United States

National Memorial is a designation in the United States for a protected area that memorializes a historic person or event.^[1] National memorials are authorized by the United States Congress. The memorial need not be located on a site directly related to the subject^[1] and many, such as the Lincoln Memorial, do not have the word "national" in their titles.

There are 29 national memorials that are owned and administered by the National Park Service as official units. Five more are administered by other organizations but receive assistence from the NPS and are considered affiliated areas of the National Park Service. The earliest and perhaps most recognizable National Memorial is the uniquely designated Washington Monument, which was completed in 1884 and transferred to the NPS in 1933. The most recently created national memorial is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, dedicated in 2011. National memorials are located in fourteen states and the District of Columbia. Washington, DC, has the most, with ten, followed by Pennsylvania and New York, each with three. The affiliated areas are in a further three states and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Nine national memorials commemorate US presidents, four commemorate wars, and seven commemorate other historic figures. As with all historic areas within the National Park System, national memorials are automatically listed on the National Register of Historic Places; however, some memorials that are affiliated areas are not listed on the Register.

Occasionally, a private organization will erect a memorial and use the word "national" in the name, without Congressional authorization. While these are intended to be national in scope, they are not "National Memorials", in the sense that they have the recognition of the American people, through its government. One example is the George Washington Masonic National Memorial.

National Memorials

Name	Photo	Location	Date Formed[2][3]	Area[2]	Description
Arkansas Post		Arkansas	July 6, 1960		[4]
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial		Virginia	1955		[5]
Chamizal		Texas	June 30, 1966		[6]
Coronado		Arizona	July 9, 1952		[7]
De Soto		Florida	March 11, 1948		[8]
Federal Hall		New York	August 11, 1955		[9]
Flight 93		Pennsylvania	September 10, 2011		[10]
Fort Caroline		Florida			[11]
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial		District of Columbia	May 2, 1997		[12]
General Grant		New York			[13]
Hamilton Grange		New York			[14]
Jefferson National Expansion		Missouri			[15]
Johnstown Flood		Pennsylvania			[16]
Korean War Veterans Memorial		District of Columbia			[17]
Lincoln Boyhood		Indiana			[18]
Lincoln Memorial		District of Columbia			[19]
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac		District of Columbia			[20]
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial		District of Columbia			[21]
Mount Rushmore		South Dakota			[22]
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial		Ohio			[23]
Port Chicago Naval Magazine		California			[24]
Roger Williams		Rhode Island			[25]
Thaddeus Kosciuszko		Pennsylvania			[26]
Theodore Roosevelt Island		District of Columbia			[27]
Thomas Jefferson Memorial		District of Columbia			[28]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial		District of Columbia			[29]
Washington Monument		District of Columbia			[30]
World War II Memorial		District of Columbia			[31]
Wright Brothers		North Carolina			[32]

Affiliated areas

Name	Photo	Location	Date Formed[2][33]	Area[2]	Description
American Memorial Park		Northern Mariana Islands			[34]
Benjamin Franklin		Pennsylvania			[35]
Father Marquette		Michigan			[36]
Oklahoma City		Oklahoma			[37]
Red Hill Patrick Henry		Virginia			[38]

See also

• List of areas in the United States National Park System
• Presidential memorials in the United States
• U.S. National Monument

References