National Mall and Memorial Parks

National Mall and Memorial Parks
Coordinates: 38 ° 53 '23 "  N , 77 ° 2' 12"  W.
Location:	District of Columbia , United States
Specialty:	All memorials in central Washington DC
Surface:	26.49 km², of which 26.23 km² are federal (including National Capital Parks-East ) km²
Founding:	1965
Visitors:	1,378,172 (2004)

National Mall and Memorial Parks (also known as National Capital Parks-Central ) is a division of the National Park Service that serves many National Memorials and other areas in Washington, DC . This includes:

• National Mall
• Constitution Gardens
• West Potomac Park
• Tidal Basin
• African American Civil War Memorial
• Constitution Gardens
• East Potomac Park
• Ford's Theater National Historic Site
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
• George Mason Memorial
• John Ericsson National Memorial
• Korean War Veterans Memorial
• Lincoln Memorial
• Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial
• National World War II Memorial
• Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
  • Old Post Office Tower
• Thomas Jefferson Memorial
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial
• Washington Monument

Federal parks have existed in the capital since 1790 and are among the oldest in the United States. In 1933 they were placed under the control of the National Park Service. These parks were known as the National Capital Parks until 1965 . The NPS now operates several park groupings: National Capital Parks-East , Rock Creek Park , President's Park, and George Washington Memorial Parkway . National Mall and Memorial Parks also provides technical support for the United States Navy Memorial .

Web links

• National Park Service: National Mall and Memorial Parks (official site; English)