The presidential memorials in the United States honor the various presidents of the United States and seek to perpetuate their legacies.
Living and physical elements
A presidential
memorial
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may have a physical element which consists of a monument or a
statue
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within a monument. Its entire presence consists of a physical structure that is a permanent remembrance of the president it represents. Most well known presidential memorials such as the Washington, Lincoln and
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memorials have a physical element.
There are also official presidential memorials that have a living element with only a minor physical presence. An example of a presidential living memorial is the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Located in a wing of the
Ronald Reagan Building
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in Washington, D.C., the Wilson Center has a small exhibit concerning President Wilson's life and work, but it is best known for its work to unite the world of ideas with the world of policy by supporting scholarship linked to issues of contemporary importance. In this way the living memorial perpetuates President
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legacy of scholarship linked closely to international relations.
Similarly, the
Harry S. Truman Scholarship
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honors U.S. college students dedicated to public service and policy leadership, and thus may be considered a memorial with solely a living element. The Truman Scholarship is the sole federal memorial allowed to honor President Truman.
This can also be accomplished through the establishment of a policy institute, like the
Eisenhower Institute
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whose mandate is to advance Eisenhower's intellectual and leadership legacies through research, public education, and public policy recommendations.Eisenhower Memorial
The James Madison Memorial Building, the third and newest building of the Library of Congress, is an example of a memorial with both living and physical elements. The building houses a memorial hall to President James Madison, but is also dedicated in memory of his 1783 proposal that the
Continental Congress
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Washington Monument (Washington County)
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George Washington Masonic National Memorial
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James Madison's Montpelier
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Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.
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Andrew Jackson Memorial at the Museum of the Waxhaws
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Franklin Pierce Homestead
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James Buchanan Memorial
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Meridian Hill Park
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Lincoln Memorial
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Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
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Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
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Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
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James A. Garfield Memorial
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James A. Garfield Monument
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James A. Garfield National Historic Site
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Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site
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National McKinley Birthplace Memorial
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William Howard Taft National Historic Site
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Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
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Roosevelt Island
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Harry S. Truman National Historic Site
The Harry S. Truman National Historic Site (officially styled without the period after the SHarry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum
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Harry S. Truman Scholarship
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Eisenhower National Historic Site
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Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home
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Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
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John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame
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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
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Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site
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Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
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Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum
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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum
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George Bush Presidential Library and Museum
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President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
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William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park
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Mount Rushmore National Memorial
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Planned presidential memorials
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Adams Memorial
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Memorial
A memorial is an object or place which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, tragic event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects or works of a ...