NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS MEMORIAL
Washington, D.C.

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial was authorized by an act of the United States Congress and was dedicated seven years later by President George H. Bush, on October 15, 1991.

It honors all of America's federal, state and local peace officers. Inscribed on the Memorial's blue-gray marble walls are the names of more than 14,300 men and women who have been killed in the line of duty, dating back to the first known death in 1792.

Designed by Washington, D.C., architect Davis Buckley, the Memorial sits on three acres of federal park land called Judiciary Square, located on the 400 block of E Street, NW. The site has served for some 200 years as the seat of our nation's judicial branch of government.

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

A glance around the space finds plush carpets of grass, nearly 60,000 plants and 128 trees decorating the Memorial grounds. Each year, around the first of April, some 14,000 orange and yellow daffodils make the Memorial one of

Washington's most spectacular attractions. The total cost of the Memorial was $11 million, all of which was raised through private donations.

The Memorial is flanked on the east and west by DC Superior Court buildings and to the north by the Old Pension Building (now the National Building Museum), which was designed by General Montgomery Meigs and dedicated in 1887 to serve the Civil War pensioners. A number of commemorative ceremonies are held at the Memorial each year, and the site is visited by nearly a quarter million people annually. J.D. Tippit's name appears on panel 63E, line 9, and is next to a fallen officer named John Kennedy to help recall Tippit's special place in history.

Location of Tippit's name (red star) at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Location - Washington, DC The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial honoring J.D. Tippit and other law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty is located in Washington, D.C., on E Street, between 4th and 5th Streets, NW. You'll find the memorial on the north side of E Street.

Aerial photograph showing the location of the National Law Enforceent Officers Memorial, Wash., DC

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