Feb 8th Daily

Give several examples of monuments in Maryland / DC / PA that might be familiar to folks who live here but which would not be understood by outsiders without an explanation. Please include your own or public domain photos.

There are a lot of monuments, especially in Washington DC, that are familiar to people around here and across that country that understand the significance of some of these buildings. Buildings like the Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, U.S. Holocaust Museum, Washington Monument, and so many others. As citizens of the United States, we are aware of all of these people and events that have occurred in the past every bit deserving of a memorial like the ones they received. People in other countries don't know that Martin Luther King Jr. created much needed peace between blacks and whites while dealing with major segregation issues in the late 1950s. People from other countries don't know about the past slavery issues here. They don't know about the past segregation problems. They don't know who found electricity. Most young citizens in the U.S., like me, don't even know about the Korean War.  Just like most citizens of the United States don't know much about the artifacts of a lot of other countries, they don't know much about ours. Citizens of Unites States so VERY well what these monuments are for, but people from other countries would not without an explanation. These are several examples of monuments in DC that we all know of and know their stories, but citizens from other countries don't with help.