Tuesday, January 24, 2012

The Jefferson Memorial

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The Jefferson Memorial and Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., United States

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The memorial was completed in 1943 and honors the third American President: Thomas Jefferson.

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The memorial closely resembles Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda at the University of Virginia and the Pantheon in Rome

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Rudulph Evan's statue of Jefferson; the excerpts on the wall are from the Declaration of Independence.

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For more information on the Jefferson Memorial.


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