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- Located along the bank of the Tidal Basin, the Jefferson Memorial is one of the oldest and most imposing Washington D. C. tourist places.
- The bronze statue of Jefferson was added in 1947.[3]. The Jefferson Memorial is managed by the National Park Service of the United States Department of...
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- Inside the memorial visitors can tour the 19-foot tall statue of Jefferson, by sculptor Rudulph Evans, looking stoically towards the White House.
- Construction on the Jefferson Memorial began in 1938. It was completed in 1943. The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is located in the Tidal Basin.
- Subsequently, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission was created by an act of Congress in June 1934, to oversee construction of the memorial.
- The interior of the memorial is embellished with the significant five quotations extracted from Thomas Jefferson’s writings that throw light on his principles.
- The statue of Thomas Jefferson in the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., was created by Rudulph Evans and installed in 1947.