District of Columbia War Memorial

This domed marble memorial on the National Mall honors the residents of the District of Columbia who served and died in the First World War. Dedicated in 1931, it takes the form of a circular Doric temple designed to double as a bandstand, and it once hosted a live radio broadcast conducted by John Philip Sousa. The names of local war dead are inscribed at its base. Set among trees off the main tourist paths, it is one of the quieter and less-visited memorials in the monumental core.