Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site • District of Columbia

Motorcycles pass by a crowd in a parade.

A stone plaza depicting a map of the globe.

A bronze statue of a man on horse atop a stone plinth.

A grass circle in a gray stone plaza with lines resembling streets with the US Capitol in the rear.

A rather squat, stone obelisk in a plaza with a bronze figure on the face.

A street unlike any other. It is known the world over as the heart of the Nation's Capital. America's history has marched, paraded, promenaded, and protested its way along the Avenue.

Police motorcycles pass in formation during the 2013 inaugural parade.
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Explore the plaza, fountains, and artwork of the US Navy Memorial.
NPS / Chris Elbich

Hancock grew to fame in the Civil War at the Battle of Gettysburg.
NPS / Chris Elbich

Freedom Plaza is a large square on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House.
NPS / Chris Elbich

The Grand Army of the Republic was a veterans group of nearly half a million men formed from veterans of the Civil War. It was also the first veterans group in the United States.
NPS / Chris Elbich

People walking across Pennsylvania Ave

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Last updated: March 17, 2023

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Washington, DC 20242

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