Martin Luther King Memorial, Washington DC.

Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington DC.  Most of the memorials on this site are war memorials, but there's a few exceptions and this is one.  Martin Luther King was, of course, the central figure of the Civil Rights movement in the early 1960s, and died not unexpectedly as part of that cause.

Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial, recalling the ultimate sacrifice of the melancholic lawyer who rose to the presidency on a principal and precised over the country through its worst crisis.

Lest we forget: a moment to remember, in an autumn dawn « M J Wright

Lest we forget: a moment to remember, in an autumn dawn « M J Wright

USS Maine Memorial, Washington DC

World War Two Memorial, Washington DC

Vietnam War Memorial, Washington DC