On February 23, 1945 during the Battle of Iwo Jima, Joe Rosenthal took a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph called the "Raising of the Flag on Iwo Jima". This Memorial depicts bronze statues of United States Marines raising the American Flag atop Mount Suribachi. The 108-piece statue took 3 years to complete and its $850,000 price tag was paid in full by donations. On June 12, 1961, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed that an American flag should fly 24 hours a day on the statues 60 foot flagpole. The Iwo Jima Memorial is dedicated to the 6,841 men who died during the battle.
Washington D.C. Tours
Iwo Jima Memorial
Some Of The Sites You'll See »
You will also see the following sights from the Shuttle, but we will not stop at these attractions:
Arlington Cemetery
Supreme Court
Library of Congress
Ford's Theater
FBI Building
National Archives
Union Station
Taft Memorial
Capitol Arboretum
Japanese American Memorial
Capitol Office Buildings
Washington Mall
World War I Memorial
Arlington House
National Cathedral
House and Senate
National Gallery of Art
Natural History Museum
Bureau of Engraving & Printing
Holocaust Museum
The Pentagon
Theodore Roosevelt Island
Kennedy Center
Watergate Complex
Georgetown University
Naval Observatory
Dupont Circle
D.C. Waterfront
Titanic Memorial
Awakening Sculpture
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Night Lights Tours 7 PM - 10 PM.
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