Theater & Events
Date NightArena Stage
$50+See American plays and musicals on three stages, including a theater in the round, near the Southwest waterfront.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Sightseeing
Women's Titanic Memorial
A red granite monument on the Washington waterfront honoring the men who died in the 1912 Titanic sinking.
Washington Channel Park, at Fourth and P Streets SW, Washington, DC · Washington, DC
About Women's Titanic Memorial
This monument stands in Washington Channel Park on the south Washington waterfront. Women across the country paid for it through small one-dollar gifts, and it honors men who died in the sinking of the Titanic. Congress approved it in 1917, but it was not put up until the early 1930s because of delays in choosing a site. It first stood near the Potomac at New Hampshire Avenue, was taken down in 1966 to clear space for the Kennedy Center, and was set up again at its present spot in 1968. The sculpture is a thirteen-foot figure carved from one block of red granite, placed atop a curved stone exedra designed by architect Henry Bacon, who also designed the Lincoln Memorial. The inscription credits the men who died with saving women and children.
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