First Division Monument

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First Division Monument
First Division Monument
Location	President's Park Washington, D.C. United States
Coordinates	38°53′46″N 77°02′19″W / 38.8961°N 77.0387°W / 38.8961; -77.0387Coordinates: 38°53′46″N 77°02′19″W / 38.8961°N 77.0387°W / 38.8961; -77.0387
Established	1924 ^[1]
Governing body	National Park Service ^[1]

The First Division Monument is located in President's Park, south of State Place Northwest, between 17th Street Northwest and West Executive Avenue Northwest in Washington, DC, United States. The Monument commemorates those who died while serving in the 1st Infantry Division of the U. S. Army.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b ^c National Park Service. First Division Monument, NPS.gov website, last updated September 08, 2006. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.

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