List of national memorials of the United States
Other national memorials
Congress has designated a number of sites as national memorials but not as units or affiliated areas of the National Park Service.

List of national memorials of the United States

Section Title: Other national memorials
Table Section Text: Congress has designated a number of sites as national memorials but not as units or affiliated areas of the National Park Service.

Name	Image	Location	Date established	Description

AIDS Memorial Grove	Landscaped woods with stone wall in background	California 37°46′N 122°28′W / 37.77°N 122.46°W	November 12, 1996	This seven-acre (0.028 km2) landscaped space in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park features redwood trees, meadows, and memorial spaces dedicated to victims and patients of HIV/AIDS and the continued fight against the disease.

Astronauts Memorial	Large square black wall with people standing in front	Florida 28°32′N 80°41′W / 28.53°N 80.68°W	May 8, 1991	The Space Mirror Memorial at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is a reflective black granite monument engraved with the names of 24 astronauts who have died in spaceflight missions or training.

Battle of Midway	Memorial signs with nesting albatrosses and a statue of a large albatross	Midway Atoll 28°12′N 177°21′W / 28.2°N 177.35°W	September 13, 2000	The Battle of Midway in June 1942 was the turning point of the Pacific War that put the US Navy on the offensive.

Bosque Redondo Memorial	Pile of stone in front of informational sign	New Mexico 34°24′N 104°12′W / 34.40°N 104.20°W	June 4, 2005	From 1864 to 1866 the military forcibly deported over 8,000 Navajo from their native Arizona as part of the 400 mi (640 km) Long Walk of the Navajo that killed over 200.

David Berger Memorial	Sculpture of connected semicircles atop a round base	Ohio 41°28′26″N 81°29′31″W / 41.474°N 81.492°W	March 5, 1980	David Berger was an American Israeli weightlifter who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He and ten other Israeli competitors and coaches were kidnapped and killed by terrorists in the Munich massacre.

Disabled American Veterans Vietnam Veterans	Lighted chapel exterior at dusk	New Mexico 36°26′28″N 105°17′42″W / 36.441°N 105.295°W	November 13, 1987	The parents of a soldier killed in Vietnam built a sail-shaped chapel with the assistance of Disabled American Veterans to honor all veterans of the war.

Distinguished Flying Cross	California 33°52′59″N 117°16′01″W / 33.883°N 117.267°W	July 25, 2014	The Distinguished Flying Cross has been awarded to more than 170,000 members of the US armed forces and some civilians who have shown "heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight".

Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II	Trees and walls with the name of the memorial	District of Columbia 38°53′42″N 77°00′36″W / 38.895°N 77.01°W	November 9, 2000	The US government baselessly challenged the loyalty of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, detaining them in a number of internment camps around the country.

Medicine Creek Treaty	Washington 47°04′N 122°43′W / 47.07°N 122.71°W	December 18, 2015	The 1854 Treaty of Medicine Creek established three reservations for nine south Puget Sound-area tribes, who ceded 2,240,000 acres (9,100 km2) to the US government; agreed-upon payments and hunting and fishing rights however were not respected, leading to further conflict.

Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial	White cross on top of a hill and American flag	California 32°50′23″N 117°14′41″W / 32.8398°N 117.2447°W	December 8, 2004	A wooden cross was originally placed on Mount Soledad in San Diego by local residents in 1913. The current 29 ft (8.8 m)-tall concrete cross was built in 1954 by Christian groups and was designated a memorial to veterans in 1989.

National D-Day Memorial	Tall arch in background, pool with statues of soldiers in foreground	Virginia 37°20′N 79°32′W / 37.33°N 79.53°W	June 6, 2001	American troops joined Allied forces in the Invasion of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, to begin the liberation of France.

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial	Circular plaza with sculpture of a cross in the center and plaques on the outside	Maryland 39°23′42″N 77°19′33″W / 39.395°N 77.3257°W	August 9, 1990	On the campus of the National Fire Academy, a sculpted St. Florian cross and eternal flame are surrounded by Wall of Honor with the names of firefighters who died in the line of duty.

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial	Short white walls with an adult lion sculpture sitting on the left and a lion cub on the right	District of Columbia 38°54′N 77°01′W / 38.90°N 77.02°W	October 15, 1991	Honoring more than 21,000 law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty, the memorial plaza has tree-lined pathways protected by twelve bronze lions.

National Memorial to Fallen Educators	Small memorial of black granite with a one-room schoolhouse in background	Kansas 38°25′12″N 96°10′52″W / 38.42°N 96.181°W	April 30, 2018	Located at the National Teachers Hall of Fame, this monument honors educators who lost their lives in the course of their roles, including victims of school shootings and school bus accidents.

National Veterans Memorial and Museum	Aerial view of round white museum with grassy roof and grounds	Ohio 39°58′N 83°01′W / 39.96°N 83.01°W	October 27, 2018	This is first museum dedicated to veterans and their families, focusing on their individual stories and sacrifices rather than the military and war.

Prisoner of War/Missing in Action	Statue of soldier bound on his knees surrounded by granite panels	California 33°53′14″N 117°16′41″W / 33.8872°N 117.2781°W	December 10, 2004	This memorial at Riverside National Cemetery (US Department of Veterans Affairs) depicts a man on his knees and bound by his captors, surrounded by pillars of black marble.

United States Marine Corps War Memorial	Sculpture of five Marines erecting an American flag	Virginia 38°53′N 77°04′W / 38.89°N 77.07°W	November 10, 1954	This memorial is dedicated to the dead of the US Marine Corps since its founding in 1775. Located at George Washington Memorial Parkway it depicts the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima, a symbol of the Corps's dedication in amphibious warfare.

USS Indianapolis Memorial	Small stone memorial in the shape of a ship depicting a ship with flags in the background	Indiana 39°46′37″N 86°09′54″W / 39.777°N 86.165°W	November 30, 1993	The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a submarine after it delivered parts of the Little Boy atomic bomb to Tinian, killing 300 sailors when it sank.

White Cross World War I Memorial	Rocky outcropping with a cross on top, tree and sign in foreground	California 35°18′53″N 115°33′01″W / 35.3148°N 115.5504°W	January 10, 2002	A white cross was originally erected by Veterans of Foreign Wars in the Mojave Desert in 1934 as a memorial to American participation in World War I and those who served.

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In 1987, the United States Congress recognized the Disabled American Veterans Vietnam Veterans as National Memorial.

final_sentence: In 1987, the United States Congress recognized the Disabled American Veterans Vietnam Veterans as National Memorial.