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2. World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.
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2. World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.

3,547,583 visitors

Although it was dedicated in 2004, the World War II Memorial looks like it could have been built right after the war, says Gavriel, Rosenfeld—it's fashioned in a "more traditional, heroic style." Situated on D.C.'s National Mall, between the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument, the WWII memorial was designed by Austrian-American architect Friedrich St. Florian and features a semicircle of pillars (representing the U.S. states of 1945) flanked by arches adorned with eagles and wreathes.

For more information: National Park Service

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