First Division Monument

First Division Monument

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caption = West end of First Division Monument
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location = President's Park
Catercorner to White House
nearest_city = Washington, DC
United States
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established = 1924National Park Service. [http://www.nps.gov/whho/historyculture/first-division-monument.htm First Division Monument] , "NPS.gov website", last updated September 08, 2006. Accessed March 23, 2008.]
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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.

Footnotes

Gallery

ee also

*1st Infantry Division

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/whho/historyculture/first-division-monument.htm First Division Monument] . Webpage from the " [http://www.nps.gov/ National Park Service website] ".


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