A Preview
"You're looking at a small, round, marble temple with twelve columns and a dome. It's forty-seven feet tall. It looks like a bandstand. That's because it IS a bandstand. This is the District of Columbia War Memorial, and it is the most overlooked thing on the entire National Mall. Every tourist walks right past it on their way to something bigger."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
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Hear the full story at The DC War Memorial
This is just one of 9 stops on the Monuments to the Dead tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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