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  • Hi everyone welcome to Hipfig's washington

  • DC series. Today we're gonna be talking

  • about the National Mall and Memorial

  • Parks located in Washington DC.

  • In this video we'll share the most

  • convenient way to get to the National

  • Mall, what things for sure you need to

  • see, and tips to make your visit easier.

  • So keep watching to see the amazing

  • National Mall and Memorial Parks. The most

  • convenient way into DC is by the

  • Metrorail system. It's affordable and you

  • don't have to worry about parking.

  • You can take the orange or blue line and

  • depending on which end of the Mall you

  • want to start on. If you want to start

  • the East End where the Washington

  • Monument is, get off at the Smithsonian

  • stop, or if you want to reach at the west

  • end of the National Mall get off at the

  • Foggy Bottom stop. Once you're in the National

  • Mall to get from one end to another you

  • can take the DC circulator bus which

  • goes around the National Mall area. The

  • most iconic memorial park of the

  • National Mall area is the Lincoln Memorial.

  • It anchors the National Mall on the

  • west end. There are 36 huge columns . Each

  • column signifies states in the United

  • States at Lincoln's death, however the

  • funny side is the states were increased

  • by 48 by the time the monument was

  • completed.

  • Hey don't forget to wear good walking

  • shoes there are 58 steps on the memorial

  • and eighty seven steps from the memorial

  • to the reflecting pool. Once you enter

  • the memorial

  • you're welcomed by a 5.8 meter

  • statue of Abraham Lincoln. The North

  • wall of the monument, you will see his second

  • inaugural speech right before the

  • American Civil war. on the South wall of the

  • monument you will see his great speech

  • the Gettysburg Address. as You look at his

  • inaugural speech

  • look for the word future. It was

  • mistakenly carved as Euture so they put

  • an e instead of an F. In continuation of Abraham

  • Lincoln's legacy, Martin Luther King

  • made his I have a dream speech here on

  • the steps in 1963. Near the Lincoln

  • memorial and the reflection pool is the

  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.

  • What's surprising is that there were no

  • federal funds used to construct the wall

  • in fact it was made by private

  • contributions. The wall as it is nick named is

  • about 500 feet of black granite. There

  • are five names on each line and most

  • panels have about a hundred thirty-seven

  • lines of names

  • visitors are able to trace the

  • inscription with paper and take them

  • home as a keepsake. The saddest fact is that

  • more than half the people listed on the

  • wall are under 22 and the largest age

  • group is made up of 19 year olds.

  • A few steps away from the wall and you

  • also see the Statue of the Three

  • Service men. I suggest starting at the

  • Vietnam War Memorial then going to the

  • Lincoln Memorial and then to the Korean

  • War Veterans' memorial. The Korean War

  • Veterans Memorial is made up of a circle

  • any triangle. The circle contains the

  • pool of remembrance. The wall in the

  • triangle are made up of a hundred tons

  • of highly polished black granite. Within

  • the triangle are 19 stainless steel statues

  • on the main wall there are more than

  • 2,500 photographic images that that have

  • been sandblasted onto the wall.

  • Freedom is not free this is an inscription in

  • laid in silver on a nearby granite wall

  • From here you can walk to the National

  • World War Two Memorial. Follow the signs

  • and stay on the path. The National World War

  • Two Memorial has a park ranger station

  • where children can earn Junior Park

  • Ranger badges. The Junior Ranger program

  • allows children to learn about the

  • memorial parks and also allows them a

  • nice keepsake for their visit. The

  • memorial is made up of granite bronze

  • and water. Each wall contains many famous

  • quotes from various historical figures

  • there are sections which commemorates

  • famous battles and military campaigns as

  • well

  • the tall stones on either end of the

  • memorial represents the Atlantic and

  • Pacific victories

  • the 48 states during world war two and

  • the several federal territories and the

  • district of columbia are represented on

  • the memorial with its own granite pillar

  • and wreath. One of the newer additions

  • to the national mall this

  • circular-shaped monument contains

  • fountains at its center

  • it's an honor to the hundreds of

  • millions of people who served, died, and

  • help support soldiers during World War

  • Two. From this memorial you can walk to

  • the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial but

  • you will have to walk across the street

  • towards the Tidal Basin. The Martin

  • Luther King Jr. Memorial is located on

  • the Tidal Basin of the National Mall

  • this location is great since its near

  • the water but especially in spring when

  • the cherry blossoms are in bloom. The feature

  • of the memorial is called the Stone of Hope

  • it is a 30-foot likeness of Martin

  • Luther King Jr.. and is looking towards

  • the Tidal Basin

  • there's a granite inscription wall

  • that's about 450 feet long and it

  • contains 14 of Kings most memorable

  • quotes. From this memorial, if you walk

  • along the Tidal Basin pathway, you'll get

  • to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt

  • Memorial. The Roosevelt Memorial is located

  • halfway between the Jefferson and

  • Lincoln Memorial

  • it's made of red granite from South

  • Dakota, The memorial consists of four

  • galleries each of these gallery

  • represent one term of the four terms

  • that Roosevelt served as president of

  • the United States. By the way it is

  • because of FDR's four terms that we have

  • the two-term limit now in the United

  • States. From the FDR Memorial continue

  • walking on the Tidal Basin pathway to

  • the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. The Thomas

  • Jefferson Monument stands on the

  • southern end of the National Mall and

  • it's placed in a direct line to the

  • White House. Marble from about four

  • different states was used in the

  • Jefferson Memorial construction. The marble

  • came from Missouri, Georgia, Tennessee, and

  • Vermont. The dome of the monument is

  • about a hundred sixty-five feet in diameter

  • and they're about twenty six pillars. The

  • Jefferson Memorial looks especially

  • beautiful in Spring when the cherry

  • blossoms are in bloom

  • the irony is they had to cut a few of

  • those cherry bomb blossoms when they are

  • constructing the memorial. Once you get

  • inside you are greeted with the bronze statute

  • which is about 19 feet tall and I think

  • it weighs about 10,000 pounds

  • the walls of the Jefferson Memorial

  • contain words from his various writings

  • one of which is the Declaration of

  • Independence. Admission is free to all

  • these monuments and they're open 24

  • hours a day. So make sure that you put it

  • on your bucket list especially if you're

  • an American

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