First Division Monument

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First Division Monument
West end of First Division Monument
Location	President's Park Catercorner to White House
Nearest city	Washington, DC United States
Established	1924[1]
Governing body	National Park Service[1]

The First Division Monument is located in President's Park, south of State Place Northwest between 17th Street Northwest and West Executive Avenue Northwest in Washington, DC, United States. The Monument commemorates those who died while serving in the 1st Infantry Division of the U. S. Army.^[1]

Contents 1 Footnotes 2 Gallery 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b c} National Park Service. First Division Monument, NPS.gov website, last updated September 08, 2006. Accessed March 23, 2008.

[edit] Gallery

Front view showing the column at the monument	West end of the monument with column in background	East end showing the Vietnam War memorial located at the monument	Close-up of column base at the monument
Plaque on Operation Desert Storm memorial located at the monument

[edit] See also

• 1st Infantry Division

[edit] External links

• First Division Monument. Webpage from the National Park Service website.