Pennsylvania Avenue

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Motorcycles pass by a crowd in a parade. — Police motorcycles pass in formation during the 2013 inaugural parade.Photo: NPS

A street unlike any other. It is known the world over as the heart of the Nation's Capital. America's history has marched, paraded, promenaded, and protested its way along the Avenue.

Photos

A stone plaza depicting a map of the globe. — Explore the plaza, fountains, and artwork of the US Navy Memorial.Photo: NPS / Chris Elbich

A bronze statue of a man on horse atop a stone plinth. — Hancock grew to fame in the Civil War at the Battle of Gettysburg.Photo: NPS / Chris Elbich

A grass circle in a gray stone plaza with lines resembling streets with the US Capitol in the rear. — Freedom Plaza is a large square on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House.Photo: NPS / Chris Elbich

A rather squat, stone obelisk in a plaza with a bronze figure on the face. — The Grand Army of the Republic was a veterans group of nearly half a million men formed from veterans of the Civil War. It was also the first veterans group in the United States.Photo: NPS / Chris Elbich

Park information and photos come from the National Park Service. This is not an official NPS site.