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America's most visited memorials
Ranking the 15 most popular national monuments and memorial sites
Located in West Potomac Park, south of the National Mall in D.C., the Korean War Veterans Memorial consists of 19 statues depicting a platoon of servicemen on patrol, a wall inscribed with the nations that contributed troops to the war, and a granite-lined "Pool of Remembrance." Visitors per year: 3,208,690.
By Rob Baedeker
updated 12:47 p.m. ET, Fri., May. 23, 2008
“The purpose of Memorial Day is to honor America’s war dead,” says Joe Davis, the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ Director of Public Affairs, offering a blunt reminder of the intent of a holiday that originated in the U.S. after the Civil War as “Decoration Day,” an occasion for citizens to lay flowers at the graves of those killed in battle.
While that intent is at times drowned out by the din of summer-inaugurating celebrations, solemn ceremony tends to be the order of the day at monuments and memorials throughout the country that commemorate (and mourn) America’s wars and soldiers.
Visitation peaks at certain public monuments on Memorial Day (at Arlington Cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, for example, an annual presidential wreath-laying ceremony draws large crowds), but public war memorials attract steady traffic throughout the year, and the better-known monuments draw millions annually.
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The List includes... Most Visited Memorials - ForbesTraveler.com
1. Arlington Cemetery, Monuments and Memorials, Washington, D.C. 4 million visitors
2. World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C. 3,547,583 visitors
3. Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C. 3,538,479 visitors
4. Korean War Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C. 3,208,690 visitors
5. Gettysburg National Military Park, Penn. 1,702,764 visitors
6. USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 1,539,986 visitors
7. Valley Forge National Historic Park, Penn. 1,230,618 visitors
8. Minute Man National Historic Park, Concord, Mass. 1,093,352 visitors
9. Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Ga. & Tenn. 923,061 visitors
10. Fort Sumter National Monument, S.C. 792,933 visitors
11. Vicksburg National Military Park, Miss. 787,831 visitors
12. Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Md. 610,599 visitors
13. Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Va. 478,109 visitors
14. Guilford Courthouse, National Military Park, N.C. 447,469 visitors
15. Shiloh National Military Park, Tenn. & Miss. 344,438 visitors
America's most visited memorials
Ranking the 15 most popular national monuments and memorial sites
Located in West Potomac Park, south of the National Mall in D.C., the Korean War Veterans Memorial consists of 19 statues depicting a platoon of servicemen on patrol, a wall inscribed with the nations that contributed troops to the war, and a granite-lined "Pool of Remembrance." Visitors per year: 3,208,690.
By Rob Baedeker
updated 12:47 p.m. ET, Fri., May. 23, 2008
“The purpose of Memorial Day is to honor America’s war dead,” says Joe Davis, the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ Director of Public Affairs, offering a blunt reminder of the intent of a holiday that originated in the U.S. after the Civil War as “Decoration Day,” an occasion for citizens to lay flowers at the graves of those killed in battle.
While that intent is at times drowned out by the din of summer-inaugurating celebrations, solemn ceremony tends to be the order of the day at monuments and memorials throughout the country that commemorate (and mourn) America’s wars and soldiers.
Visitation peaks at certain public monuments on Memorial Day (at Arlington Cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, for example, an annual presidential wreath-laying ceremony draws large crowds), but public war memorials attract steady traffic throughout the year, and the better-known monuments draw millions annually.
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The List includes... Most Visited Memorials - ForbesTraveler.com
1. Arlington Cemetery, Monuments and Memorials, Washington, D.C. 4 million visitors
2. World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C. 3,547,583 visitors
3. Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C. 3,538,479 visitors
4. Korean War Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C. 3,208,690 visitors
5. Gettysburg National Military Park, Penn. 1,702,764 visitors
6. USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 1,539,986 visitors
7. Valley Forge National Historic Park, Penn. 1,230,618 visitors
8. Minute Man National Historic Park, Concord, Mass. 1,093,352 visitors
9. Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Ga. & Tenn. 923,061 visitors
10. Fort Sumter National Monument, S.C. 792,933 visitors
11. Vicksburg National Military Park, Miss. 787,831 visitors
12. Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Md. 610,599 visitors
13. Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Va. 478,109 visitors
14. Guilford Courthouse, National Military Park, N.C. 447,469 visitors
15. Shiloh National Military Park, Tenn. & Miss. 344,438 visitors
