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- On the northeastern end of the Bridge, closest to Lincoln Memorial, are two large gilded bronze statues by Leo Friedlander named The Arts of War; the individual statues are Sacrifice and Valor and match two other statues at the entrance of Rock Creek Parkway known as the Arts of Peace.
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Designed by the architectural firm McKim, Mead, and White, decorated with monumental statues depicting valor and sacrifice by sculptor Leo Friedlander, and cast by Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry of Florence, Italy, Arlington Memorial Bridge defines the western end of the National Mall.
- 2,163 ft (659.3 m)
Arlington Memorial Bridge and Avenue stretches between Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. On Foot or by Bicycle From the Mount Vernon Trail, follow a signed route uphill.
To link the Virginia landing of the bridge with Arlington National Cemetery, a wide avenue known as Memorial Avenue was constructed and a new entrance to the cemetery (the Hemicycle) constructed. Memorial Avenue is part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway.
SiteDate CreatedSectionCoordinates3rd Infantry Division Memorial199046192318192035/48Battle of the Bulge Memorial200621Designed as a memorial symbolizing reunification of the North and South after the Civil War, Arlington Memorial Bridge links the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., and Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial, in Arlington, Va.
Oct 10, 2021 · On the northeastern end of the Bridge, closest to Lincoln Memorial, are two large gilded bronze statues by Leo Friedlander named The Arts of War; the individual statues are Sacrifice and Valor and match two other statues at the entrance of Rock Creek Parkway known as the Arts of Peace.
The Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the National Mall in Washington, DC, to Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. It serves as the western link in a chain of monuments that starts with the U.S. Capitol Building.
The Arts of War and The Arts of Peace are bronze, fire-gilded statue groups on Lincoln Memorial Circle in West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C., in the United States.
