13 Facts About Jefferson Memorial

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Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial built in Washington, D C between 1939 and 1943 in honor of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence, a central intellectual force behind the American Revolution, founder of the Democratic-Republican Party, and the nation's third president.

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Jefferson Memorial was simultaneously deeply skeptical of cities and financiers and hostile to aristocracy, elitism, and corruption.

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Jefferson Memorial is widely considered among the most influential political minds of his age and one of the most consequential intellectual forces behind the American Revolution.

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Jefferson Memorial is built in neoclassical style and is situated in West Potomac Park on the shore of the Potomac River.

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Construction on it began in 1939 and was completed in 1943, though the bronze statue of Jefferson Memorial was not completed and added until four years after its dedication and opening, in 1947.

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Jefferson Memorial is a designated national memorial and is managed by the National Park Service of the U S Department of the Interior's National Mall and Memorial Parks division.

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In 1966, the Jefferson Memorial was named to the National Register of Historic Places.

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Site ultimately selected for the Jefferson Memorial's construction was built was appealing at least partly because it was located directly south of, and in view of, the White House.

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The Tidal Basin Beach, on the site of the future Jefferson Memorial, opened in May 1918, operating as a "Whites Only" facility until 1925, when it was permanently closed to avoid addressing the question of whether or not it should racial integrated.

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Jefferson Memorial prepared four different plans for the project, each on a different site.

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Roosevelt ordered trees be cut so that the Jefferson Memorial was clearly visible from the White House; additional tree pruning was completed to create an unobstructed view between the Jefferson Memorial and Lincoln Memorial.

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Jefferson Memorial is composed of circular marble steps, a portico, a circular colonnade of Ionic order columns, and a shallow dome.

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Jefferson Memorial is constructed with white Imperial Danby marble taken from Vermont, which rests on a series of granite and marble-stepped terraces.

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