Korean War Veterans Memorial
District of Columbia
Tonight
🌗 46% moon
6.6 h fully dark
Crowds
very high
Open today
Open
Entrance
Free entry
At the Korean War Veterans Memorial, "Our nation honors her sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met."
No entrance fee.
Hours & seasons
The sites of National Mall and Memorial Parks (other than the Washington Monument) are always open to the public. Restrooms, museums and elevators close in the evenings (check individual sites for hours)
Generally open:
winterspringsummerfallHours are reported by the park — verify before you go.
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✉ national_mall@nps.govConditions
Quietest months (fewer crowds): Jan, Feb, Dec
Typical crowds: very high
Weather now: ⛅ Partly cloudy, 93°F
🌦️ 94°/77°
🌧️ 95°/74°
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Typical monthly recreation visits · NPS avg 2023–2025 — orange months are the quietest by crowds.
Quietest months
Relative crowds by month — lighter is quieter; ringed months are the calmest by crowds.
Jan
29%
Feb
35%
Mar
91%
Apr
98%
May
100%
Jun
90%
Jul
69%
Aug
65%
Sep
60%
Oct
78%
Nov
55%
Dec
36%
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Accessibility
8 audio-described place(s)
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3-day forecast
Daily high and low temperatures (°F).
People & stories
Figures tied to Korean War Veterans Memorial — each spans a cross-park journey.
Bernard Ulrich Stavely
— Korean War, Gettysburg National Cemetery, EisenhowerComer Levi Altland
— Korean War, Veterans, EisenhowerEdgar H. Kauffman
— Korean War, Gettysburg National Cemetery, Korean War VeteransElmer Gibson
— Korean War, World War Ii, World War Ii AlaskaJohn Eisenhower
— Veterans, Eisenhower, Eisenhower AdministrationJohn Lovell
— Gettysburg National Cemetery, Korean War, Korean War VeteransLouis DiCamillo
— Korean War, Gettysburg National Cemetery, VeteransPFC Aloysius L. Zonca
— Korean War, Korean War Veterans Memorial, Gettysburg National CemeteryPassport stamps
Mark the stamps you've collected — they show in your memory and along your routes.
🎫 Korean War Veterans Memorial information kiosk
Places to see
Information Panel: Half a World Away
audio
Information Panel: The Cost of Freedom
audio
Korean War Veterans Memorial
audio
Korean War Veterans Memorial information kiosk
audio
Korean War Veterans Memorial: Pool of Remembrance
audio
Korean War Veterans Memorial: Soldier Statues
audio
Korean War Veterans Memorial: United Nations Wall
audio
Korean War Veterans Memorial: Wall of Faces
audioAudio & media
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Learn more
A President-elect and a Corporal sit down together for lunch in the cold wintry mountains of Korea. Five days later, one is killed in action, and the other left wondering what he can do to prevent more deaths in an already far too costly war.
The Korean War was one of the defining events of Dwight Eisenhower's presidency. Learn about the multiple ways that conflict and time period are represented through this look at the items on display inside the historic Eisenhower home.
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The National Park Service and the Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation are building a Wall of Remembrance and and completing an overall rehabilitation of the Korean War Veterans Memorial.
When did the first Memorial Day happen? The answer is a lot more complicated than you think!
Memorials for the Future, is a competition that aims to rethink the way we develop and experience memorials in Washington, D.C.
Looking for end-of-year projects that use a multidisciplinary approach? Here are some ideas to incorporate the history and symbolism of Memorial Day using sites and stories from the National Mall.
Our generous partners and volunteers provided more than $34 million in philanthropic contributions in 2018 helping us fund preservation projects, programs, commemorations, and celebrations.
How Korean War Veterans Memorial connects
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