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Woburn, village, England

(Encyclopedia)Woburn wo͞oˈbərn [key], village, Central Bedfordshire, S central England. It is famous for Woburn Abbey (seat of the dukes of Bedford; see Russell, family), an 18th-century mansion constructed on t...

Flight 93 National Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Flight 93 National Memorial, memorial, visitors complex, and other facilities at the site of the crash of the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001, near Shanksville, Pa. The grounds, 2...

Menlo Park

(Encyclopedia)Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and the SLAC National Acc...

Lidice

(Encyclopedia)Lidice lĭˈdyĭtsĕ [key], village, NW Czech Republic, in Bohemia. In reprisal for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Germans “liquidated” (1942) Lidice by killing all the men, deporting...

Arlington Memorial Bridge

(Encyclopedia)Arlington Memorial Bridge, granite and concrete bridge across the Potomac River connecting the Lincoln Monument in Washington, D.C., with Arlington National Cemetery, N Va.; built 1926–32. ...

Crazy Horse Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Crazy Horse Memorial, memorial to the Oglala Souix chief Crazy Horse and Native Americans, under construction at Thunderhead Mt., near Custer, S.Dak., in the Black Hills. When finished it will consist...

Coronado National Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Coronado National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Chamizal National Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Chamizal National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Thomas Jefferson Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Thomas Jefferson Memorial, monument, 18 acres (7 hectares), in East Potomac Park, on the Tidal Basin, Washington, D.C.; authorized by Congress 1934, built 1938–43, dedicated 1943. The white marble b...

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Vietnam Veterans Memorial, war memorial in Washington, D.C., built 1982. Designed by the American sculptor and architect Maya Ying Lin, it is a sloping, V-shaped, 493-ft (150-m) wall of highly polishe...