Best Korean War Veterans Memorial Day Trips & Things to Do

Paying tribute to the brave men and women who served during the Korean War, this Washington, D.C. monument is located along the National Mall. The Korean War Veterans Memorial was designed by Cooper-Lecky Architects and dedicated on July 27, 1995 on the anniversary of the agreement that ended the war. It features a triangle uniting with a circle with more than 2,500 images from the war on the walls, 19 statues designed by Frank Gaylord and a memorial pool with nearby granite blocks naming the hundreds of thousands of casualties from the Korean War. The memorial is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.