Jefferson Memorial

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Hours:
  • Always open
 Location:

15th St SW, Washington, DC

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Price:
Free

Phone number:
(202)426-6481

  • Designed like the Pantheon of Rome
  • Built from 1939 to 1943
  • It cost $3 million dollars to build
  • In the middle of the monument is a 19 foot, 10,000 pound bronze statue of Jefferso
  • Japanese Cherry trees, donated by the Japanese in 1912, surround the memorial
  • It is a less popular memorial, most likely because of it’s inconvenient location. In an episode of The Simpsons, Lisa Simpson visits the memorial and Jefferson laments, "No one ever comes to see me. I don't blame them. I never did anything important. Just the Declaration of Independence, the Louisiana Purchase, the dumbwaiter...Wait! Please don't go. I get so lonely..."

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