# Presidential memorials in the United States

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The presidential memorials in the United States honor presidents of the United States and seek to showcase and perpetuate their legacies.

## Living and physical elements

A presidential memorial may have a physical element which consists of a monument, a statue within a monument, a historical home, a presidential library, and other sites whose 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 Jefferson 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 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 Wilson's legacy of scholarship linked closely to international relations.
Similarly, the Harry S. Truman Scholarship 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 whose mandate is to advance Eisenhower's intellectual and leadership legacies through research, public education, and public policy recommendations.
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 form an official library.

## Existing presidential memorials

Multiple statues, homes, and other physical memorials to some presidents exist; only large structures are mentioned below:
| President | Memorials |
| George Washington | Washington Monument Washington Monument (Baltimore) Washington Monument (Boonsboro, Maryland) George Washington Masonic National Memorial Washington boyhood home George Washington's Mount Vernon Washington presidential library |
| John Adams | Adams National Historical Park Peacefield John Adams Birthplace John Quincy Adams Birthplace John Adams Building |
| Thomas Jefferson | Jefferson Memorial Thomas Jefferson Building Thomas Jefferson's Monticello |
| James Madison | James Madison's Montpelier James Madison Memorial Building |
| James Monroe | James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library James Monroe's Highland |
| Andrew Jackson | Andrew Jackson Statue, Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. Andrew Jackson's The Hermitage Andrew Jackson State Park |
| Martin Van Buren | Martin Van Buren National Historic Site |
| William Henry Harrison | William Henry Harrison's Grouseland |
| James K. Polk | James K. Polk Home President James K. Polk Historic Site |
| Millard Fillmore | Millard Fillmore House |
| Franklin Pierce | Franklin Pierce Homestead |
| James Buchanan | James Buchanan Memorial in Meridian Hill Park, Washington, DC President James Buchanan's Wheatland |
| Abraham Lincoln | Lincoln Memorial Lincoln Highway Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site Lincoln Home National Historic Site Ford's Theatre National Historic Site Lincoln Tomb and War Memorials State Historic Site Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum |
| Andrew Johnson | President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library Andrew Johnson National Historic Site |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Ulysses S. Grant Memorial General Grant National Memorial |
| Rutherford B. Hayes | Rutherford B. Hayes House Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museum |
| James A. Garfield | James A. Garfield Memorial James A. Garfield Monument James A. Garfield National Historic Site |
| Grover Cleveland | Grover Cleveland Birthplace |
| Benjamin Harrison | Benjamin Harrison memorial statue Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site |
| William McKinley | McKinley National Memorial National McKinley Birthplace Memorial William McKinley Monument |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site Sagamore Hill National Historic Site Theodore Roosevelt National Park Theodore Roosevelt's Maltese Cross Cabin Pine Knot cabin Theodore Roosevelt Island Theodore Roosevelt Monument |
| William Howard Taft | William Howard Taft National Historic Site |
| Woodrow Wilson | Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home Woodrow Wilson House (Washington, D.C.) Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars |
| Warren G. Harding | Harding Home Warren G. Harding Memorial (Marion Cemetery) |
| Calvin Coolidge | Coolidge Homestead Calvin Coolidge House Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum |
| Herbert Hoover | Hoover Tower Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Stone Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, New York City's Roosevelt Island |
| Harry S. Truman | Harry S. Truman National Historic Site Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum Harry S. Truman Scholarship |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Eisenhower National Historic Site Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial |
| John F. Kennedy | John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts John F. Kennedy National Historic Site John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame John F. Kennedy Memorial (Dallas) John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and Museum |
| Richard Nixon | Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum Birthplace and childhood home |
| Gerald R. Ford | Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum |
| Jimmy Carter | Jimmy Carter National Historical Park Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum |
| Ronald Reagan | Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum Ronald Reagan Building |
| George H.W. Bush | George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum George H.W. Bush Center for Intelligence George H.W. Bush And George W. Bush United States Court House George Bush Park |
| Bill Clinton | William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site |
| George W. Bush | George W. Bush Presidential Center George H.W. Bush And George W. Bush United States Court House |
| Barack Obama | Barack Obama Presidential Library and Museum |
| Collective | Mount Rushmore National Memorial (Shrine of Democracy) |