- One of the most iconic buildings in Washington DC is the one dedicated Thomas Jefferson. But do you know all the facts about the Jefferson Memorial?
- While no solution has yet been determined, the restorers remain hopeful one will eventually appear. RELATED: Jefferson Memorial is covered in scum
- The domed interior of the memorial contains the 19-foot bronze statue of Jefferson standing on a 6-foot pedestal of black Minnesota granite.
- About the jefferson memorial. (Source). ... The memorial was dedicated on April 13, 1943, the 200th anniversary of Jefferson’s birth.
- Modeled after the Pantheon of Rome, Jefferson memorial is America's foremost memorial dedicated to the third president of US.
- While it is the second to the last Presidential memorial to be built, the Jefferson Memorial is second to none when it comes to intricacy.
- The Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC’s West Potomac Park was built in 1939 to honour President Thomas Jefferson, one of the Founding...
- By this point, Pope had died in 1937 and his surviving partners, Daniel P. Higgins and Otto R. Eggers, assumed leadership for the Jefferson Memorial's construction.
- The Jefferson Memorial is at its photogenic best during late March through early-April during the blooming of the cherry blossoms that ring the Tidal Pool.