Old USAEst. 1776

Era · 2000–present

The 21st Century

Memorials and landmarks of living memory.

One landmark across the District of Columbia: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.

Landmarks: 1
Period: 2000–present

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Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial bathed in the Setting Sun. — Pictured Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
John Brighenti from Rockville, MD, United States · CC BY · via Wikimedia Commons

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The Landmarks

The 21st Century
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Washington, DC
The first National Mall memorial to honor a Black American and someone who never held the presidency, standing on a direct sightline between the Jefferson and Lincoln Memorials as a deliberate claim on the nation's founding promises.