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Hi everyone welcome to Hipfig's washington

DC series. Today we're gonna be talking

about the National Mall and Memorial

Parks located in Washington DC.

In this video we'll share the most

convenient way to get to the National

Mall, what things for sure you need to

see, and tips to make your visit easier.

So keep watching to see the amazing

National Mall and Memorial Parks. The most

convenient way into DC is by the

Metrorail system. It's affordable and you

don't have to worry about parking.

You can take the orange or blue line and

depending on which end of the Mall you

want to start on. If you want to start

the East End where the Washington

Monument is, get off at the Smithsonian

stop, or if you want to reach at the west

end of the National Mall get off at the

Foggy Bottom stop. Once you're in the National

Mall to get from one end to another you

can take the DC circulator bus which

goes around the National Mall area. The

most iconic memorial park of the

National Mall area is the Lincoln Memorial.

It anchors the National Mall on the

west end. There are 36 huge columns . Each

column signifies states in the United

States at Lincoln's death, however the

funny side is the states were increased

by 48 by the time the monument was

completed.

Hey don't forget to wear good walking

shoes there are 58 steps on the memorial

and eighty seven steps from the memorial

to the reflecting pool. Once you enter

the memorial

you're welcomed by a 5.8 meter

statue of Abraham Lincoln. The North

wall of the monument, you will see his second

inaugural speech right before the

American Civil war. on the South wall of the

monument you will see his great speech

the Gettysburg Address. as You look at his

inaugural speech

look for the word future. It was

mistakenly carved as Euture so they put

an e instead of an F. In continuation of Abraham

Lincoln's legacy, Martin Luther King

made his I have a dream speech here on

the steps in 1963. Near the Lincoln

memorial and the reflection pool is the

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.

What's surprising is that there were no

federal funds used to construct the wall

in fact it was made by private

contributions. The wall as it is nick named is

about 500 feet of black granite. There

are five names on each line and most

panels have about a hundred thirty-seven

lines of names

visitors are able to trace the

inscription with paper and take them

home as a keepsake. The saddest fact is that

more than half the people listed on the

wall are under 22 and the largest age

group is made up of 19 year olds.

A few steps away from the wall and you

also see the Statue of the Three

Service men. I suggest starting at the

Vietnam War Memorial then going to the

Lincoln Memorial and then to the Korean

War Veterans' memorial. The Korean War

Veterans Memorial is made up of a circle

any triangle. The circle contains the

pool of remembrance. The wall in the

triangle are made up of a hundred tons

of highly polished black granite. Within

the triangle are 19 stainless steel statues

on the main wall there are more than

2,500 photographic images that that have

been sandblasted onto the wall.

Freedom is not free this is an inscription in

laid in silver on a nearby granite wall

From here you can walk to the National

World War Two Memorial. Follow the signs

and stay on the path. The National World War

Two Memorial has a park ranger station

where children can earn Junior Park

Ranger badges. The Junior Ranger program

allows children to learn about the

memorial parks and also allows them a

nice keepsake for their visit. The

memorial is made up of granite bronze

and water. Each wall contains many famous

quotes from various historical figures

there are sections which commemorates

famous battles and military campaigns as

well

the tall stones on either end of the

memorial represents the Atlantic and

Pacific victories

the 48 states during world war two and

the several federal territories and the

district of columbia are represented on

the memorial with its own granite pillar

and wreath. One of the newer additions

to the national mall this

circular-shaped monument contains

fountains at its center

it's an honor to the hundreds of

millions of people who served, died, and

help support soldiers during World War

Two. From this memorial you can walk to

the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial but

you will have to walk across the street

towards the Tidal Basin. The Martin

Luther King Jr. Memorial is located on

the Tidal Basin of the National Mall

this location is great since its near

the water but especially in spring when

the cherry blossoms are in bloom. The feature

of the memorial is called the Stone of Hope

it is a 30-foot likeness of Martin

Luther King Jr.. and is looking towards

the Tidal Basin

there's a granite inscription wall

that's about 450 feet long and it

contains 14 of Kings most memorable

quotes. From this memorial, if you walk

along the Tidal Basin pathway, you'll get

to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Memorial. The Roosevelt Memorial is located

halfway between the Jefferson and

Lincoln Memorial

it's made of red granite from South

Dakota, The memorial consists of four

galleries each of these gallery

represent one term of the four terms

that Roosevelt served as president of

the United States. By the way it is

because of FDR's four terms that we have

the two-term limit now in the United

States. From the FDR Memorial continue

walking on the Tidal Basin pathway to

the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. The Thomas

Jefferson Monument stands on the

southern end of the National Mall and

it's placed in a direct line to the

White House. Marble from about four

different states was used in the

Jefferson Memorial construction. The marble

came from Missouri, Georgia, Tennessee, and

Vermont. The dome of the monument is

about a hundred sixty-five feet in diameter

and they're about twenty six pillars. The

Jefferson Memorial looks especially

beautiful in Spring when the cherry

blossoms are in bloom

the irony is they had to cut a few of

those cherry bomb blossoms when they are

constructing the memorial. Once you get

inside you are greeted with the bronze statute

which is about 19 feet tall and I think

it weighs about 10,000 pounds

the walls of the Jefferson Memorial

contain words from his various writings

one of which is the Declaration of

Independence. Admission is free to all

these monuments and they're open 24

hours a day. So make sure that you put it

on your bucket list especially if you're

an American

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