PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL BY MARK GAIL

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On Memorial Day, pay tribute away from the crowds at these lesser-known monuments

AfricAn AmericAn civil WAr memoriAl

Among the U Street corridor’s dinner spots and dance halls stands this 10-foot-tall bronze reminder of the more than 200,000 black Americans who fought in the Civil War. Te “Spirit of Freedom” statue, unveiled in 1998, depicts four men preparing for combat; the surrounding Wall of Honor lists the slaves and freemen who served. //

Vermont Avenue and U Street NW. 202-667- 2667. www.afroamcivilwar.org.

memoriAl PeAce cross

Tis 40-foot-tall cross has become a major Bladensburg landmark. Te marble and cement structure was erected in 1925 in honor of the Prince George’s residents who died in World War I. Each part of the monument’s four-sided base bears the names of fallen soldiers and one of these words: endurance, courage, valor, devotion.

// Baltimore Avenue and Annapolis Road, Bladensburg.

nAtionAl JAPAnese AmericAn memoriAl

In the shadow of the Capitol sits this lovely World War II monument dedicated to the Japanese Americans sent to internment camps and those who served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, one of the most decorated units in military history. Te triangular area shelters an arresting sculpture of two cranes wrapped in barbed wire, but the most striking aspect of the memorial may be the large tubular bell. // Louisiana and New

Jersey avenues NW. 202-530-0015. njamf.com.

nuns of the BAttlefield memoriAl

Tis structure, also known as the Civil War Nurses Memorial, pays tribute to the nuns who comforted the wounded during the Civil War. A bas-relief sculpture of a dozen women, reflecting the nurses’ various religious orders, is flanked by two figures, one representing peace and one representing patriotism. //

Rhode Island Avenue and M Street NW.

uss mAine mAst memoriAl

In a quiet corner of Arlington National Cemetery, this memorial is an imposing reminder of the 1898 explosion that sank the USS Maine off the coast of Cuba and sparked the Spanish-American War. Te memorial, which includes a salvaged mast, is surrounded by the graves of 229 men who died in the incident, only 62 of whom were

identified. // Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia side of Memorial Bridge, Arlington. 703-607-8000. www.arlingtoncemetery.org.

World WAr i memoriAl

Tough it stands on the Mall, this simple memorial is remarkably peaceful, thanks to its secluded, tree-sheltered location. Te templelike domed pavilion was dedicated in 1931 to the 499 Washington residents who died in the Great War. // West Potomac

Park, west of 17th Street and south of Constitution Avenue NW. 202-879-7645. www.wwimemorial.org.

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