Pennsylvania Avenue

A street unlike any other. It is known the world over as the heart of the Nation's Capital. America's history has marched, paraded, promenaded, and protested its way along the Avenue.

Pennsylvania Avenue

Police motorcycles pass in formation during the 2013 inaugural parade.

Motorcycles pass by a crowd in a parade.

US Navy Memorial

Explore the plaza, fountains, and artwork of the US Navy Memorial.

A stone plaza depicting a map of the globe.

Major General Winfield Scott Hancock Monument

Hancock grew to fame in the Civil War at the Battle of Gettysburg.

A bronze statue of a man on horse atop a stone plinth.

Freedom Plaza

Freedom Plaza is a large square on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House.

A grass circle in a gray stone plaza with lines resembling streets with the US Capitol in the rear.

Stephenson Memorial (Grand Army of the Republic)

The Grand Army of the Republic was a veterans group of nearly half a million men formed from veterans of the Civil War. It was also the first veterans group in the United States.

A rather squat, stone obelisk in a plaza with a bronze figure on the face.