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Rhyan Henson & Leah Vredenbregt

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – Tributes to our nation’s leaders make up the iconic skyline and character of Washington D.C.

The Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials and the Washington Monument are some of the most famous presidential monuments. But lesser-known presidential memorials are also hiding in plain sight.

Tucked away on the southwest side of the Tidal Basin, feet from the Lincoln Memorial is the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. President Rosevelt is credited with overhauling the United States Government and pulling the country out of the Great Depression.

On the other end of the National Mall, two Presidents stand in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol. President Ulysses S. Grant sits on a horse looking west above a monument honoring his major role in the Civil War.