Korean War Veterans Memorial


At the Korean War Veterans Memorial, "Our nation honors her sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met."

GPS Coordinates: 38.887778, -77.047660 Address: 10 Daniel French Dr, SW, Washington, D.C. Nearest Intersection: Independence Ave. & Daniel Chester French Dr. SW

  • Guided Tours
  • Self-Guided Tours - Walking
  • Junior Ranger Program

  • Wars and Conflicts
  • Korean War

Dawn Breaks into the future

Dawn Picture of the statues within the memorial

Sun Rises over the statues of the Memorial

Korean War Veterans Memorial

The American flag is centered in the backgrounds between two walkways.

Korean War Veterans Memorial in the summer

Korean War Veterans Memorial

Statues of servicemen from the Korean War with fall foliage in the background

The Korean War Veterans Memorial with fall foliage

Wall of Faces

Faces of soldiers are etched onto a black granite wall

The Wall of Faces remembers soldiers that fought during the Korean War.

Freedom Is Not Free

Nineteen stainless steel statues reflect on a black granite wall

The nineteen statues reflect on the black granite wall creating an illusion of thirty-eight soldiers. The number thirty-eight represents the 38th parallel latitude where the Korean borders are located.