National Memorials · District of Columbia
Korean War Veterans Memorial
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Introduction
Background: 1
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."
Geography
History and culture
The Design Process: 5
Although the American Battle Monuments Commission approved of the winning design, when it went before other authorities like the National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts, it ran into trouble. The following text from The History of Fine Arts Commission describes some of the controversies that surrounded the winning design:
Features of the Korean War Veterans Memorial: 6
The names of the more than 36,000 Americans killed in Korea create a powerful visual display of the human cost of the war
The memorial also pays tribute to the 21 other countries that fought with the United States in Korea.
More than 2,400 photographs of Korean War service members draw attention to the unit of effort by all who served.
Visitor information
Visitation
Sources & field notes
Source records (10)
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Background · Official park structured information. Open source ↗
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- 2026-10-30
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- Single source; not independently corroborated.
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- NPS-supplied text; NPS-authored government work generally public domain, subject to third-party rights.
Korean War Veterans Memorial · NPS / Victoria Stauffenberg. Open source ↗
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- 2026-10-30
- Catalog image date
- 01/01/2000
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- Korean War Veterans Memorial
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- Public domain:Full Granting Rights
- Rights
- Public domain:Full Granting Rights
Designation · National Park System directory. Open source ↗
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State or territory · National Park System directory. Open source ↗
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The Design Process · The Design Process — National Park Service. Open source ↗
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- 2026-10-30
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- November 4, 2024
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Features of the Korean War Veterans Memorial · Features of the Korean War Veterans Memorial — National Park Service. Open source ↗
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- 2026-10-30
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- July 26, 2022
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Physical Address · Official park structured information. Open source ↗
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Mailing Address · Official park structured information. Open source ↗
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Telephone · Official park structured information. Open source ↗
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- 2026-10-30
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Recreation visits · National Park Service Visitor Use Statistics. Open source ↗
- Information date
- 2025
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-30
- Methodology
- NPS reporting unit; annual total is the sum of 12 monthly recreation visit estimates.
- Reporting unit
- Korean War Veterans MEM
- Evidence
- Single source; not independently corroborated.
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- Factual reference data; source attribution retained.