Theodore Roosevelt Island & Memorial, Washington, D.C.

ID: 3164 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Creator: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. ~ Date: 2006
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Theodore Roosevelt Island & Memorial, Washington, D.C.
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Theodore Roosevelt Island is a national memorial located in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. and was the gift to the American people of the Theodore Roosevelt Association in memory of the 26th US president, Theodore Roosevelt. The site features a statue of Roosevelt in a memorial plaza. The surrounding landscape of the island is maintained as a natural park.

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Theodore Roosevelt Island is located at the fall line in the Potomac River, where the rocky Piedmont Plateau meets the sandy soils of the Coastal Plain. The river flows to either side of the island in two channels. The narrower channel on the west…