List of monuments in the United States

List of monuments in the United States

This is a list of monuments (statue, building, or other edifice created to commemorate a person or important event) in the United States. This is not a list of U.S. National Monuments, which are protected areas similar to national parks.

Alabama

*Ellicott's Stone, Mobile County.

Alaska

Pioneers of Alaska Monument, Anchorage

Arizona

*Four Corners Monument, located at the intersection of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.
*Madonna of the Trail, Springerville.

Arkansas

Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Arkansas), Little Rock

California

*Go For Broke Monument, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.
*Madonna of the Trail, Upland.
*USS Bennington Monument, San Diego.
*Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco.

Colorado

*Four Corners Monument, located at the intersection of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.
*Ludlow Monument, Ludlow.
*Madonna of the Trail, Lamar.

Hawaii

*USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor.

Idaho

Illinois

*Madonna of the Trail, Vandalia.

Indiana

*Madonna of the Trail, Richmond.
*Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Indianapolis.
*Indiana War Memorial, Indianapolis.
*USS Indianapolis Memorial, Indianapolis.
*Medal of Honor Memorial, Indianapolis.
*Veterans' Memorial Plaza, Indianapolis.
*Firefighters Memorial, Indianapolis.
*Indiana Law Enforcement, Indianapolis.

Kansas

*Madonna of the Trail, Council Grove.

Kentucky

*Jefferson Davis State Historic Site

Maine

*Monument Square, Portland.

Maryland

*Madonna of the Trail, Bethesda.
*Washington Monument (Baltimore), Baltimore, Maryland

Massachusetts

*Bunker Hill Monument, Charlestown.
*Bancroft Tower, Worcester

Michigan

Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Detroit

Missouri

*Madonna of the Trail, Lexington.
*Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (St. Louis Arch), St. Louis, Missouri

New Mexico

*Four Corners Monument, located at the intersection of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.
*Madonna of the Trail, Albuquerque.

New York

*Boot Monument, Victory.
*Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn.
*Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn.
*McKinley Monument, Buffalo.
*Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument, Brooklyn.
*Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (New York), Riverside Park.

Ohio

*Madonna of the Trail, Springfield.
*Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Cleveland.

Pennsylvania

*Madonna of the Trail, Washington County.

Texas

*San Jacinto Monument, La Porte, Texas

Utah

*Four Corners Monument, located at the intersection of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.

Washington, D.C.

*Peace Monument, (also known as the Naval Monument).
*Washington Monument.

West Virginia

*Madonna of the Trail, Wheeling.

Jefferson MonumentPyramid to commemorate building of transcontinental RR - outside of Laramie, WY

ee also

*List of cemeteries
*List of memorials
*List of tombs and mausoleums
*Wasington
*Mount St. Helens


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