George Washington Memorial Parkway, Arlington, VA Videos
Videos by George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington. The George Washington Memorial Parkway was designed as a "comprehensive park, parkway, and playgroun
Fall Scene at Dyke Marsh
This scene is from a peaceful autumn afternoon last month at Dyke Marsh Preserver. Pause for a minute to watch the leaves fall, hear the wind and the birds, and see the orange, yellow, and red of the trees.
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Fall Scene at Dyke Marsh
This scene is from a peaceful autumn afternoon last month at Dyke Marsh Preserver. Pause for a minute to watch the leaves fall, hear the wind and the birds, and see the orange, yellow, and red of the trees.
Who Worked on the Arlington Memorial Bridge Project?
Learn more about the many partners who came together to accomplish the mission of rehabilitating Arlington Memorial Bridge. National Park Service employee Karen Arey describes how many people from multiple agencies, including the Federal Highway Administration, worked to fix the bridge while maintaining the bridge's historic character.
#NationalParkWeek #MoreThanABridge #FriendshipFriday #FindYourPark
A fully accessible version of this video is available on our website: https://www.nps.gov/gwmp/planyourvisit/memorialave.htm
More Than A Bridge
Connections make friendships! This Friendship Friday, we’re celebrating Arlington Memorial Bridge’s role connecting people in the present and people in our past. Whether you’re walking, biking or driving to see friends across the Potomac River, paying tribute to the many friends and valiant veterans who lie at rest in Arlington National Cemetery, or seeking to understand reconciliation in the wake of our Civil War, Arlington Memorial Bridge helps make the connection.
Learn about the bridge’s significance and history and how we worked with our friends at the Federal Highway Administration to completely rehabilitate it from 2018 to 2020 in this video and at go.nps.gov/MemorialBridgeAndAvenue
Share how Arlington Memorial Bridge helps you make connections in the comments.
#MoreThanABridge #FriendshipFriday #NPSFriends #NationalParkWeek
A fully accessible version of this video is available at https://www.nps.gov/gwmp/planyourvisit/memorialave.htm
Time-Lapse of Memorial Bridge
Two years transformed into two minutes!
Watch from 2018 to 2020 as work crews rehabilitate Arlington Memorial Bridge by installing more than 450 pre-cast concrete panels, by removing, cleaning and reinstalling more than 4000 pieces of historic granite, and by building a completely new, 2.6 million pound fixed steel bridge span. Learn more at go.nps.gov/MemorialBridge
#TransformationTuesday #FindYourPark #NationalParkWeek
Do you know the first Black communities in Arlington? Park Rangers visit the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington to learn how the park is connected with the first Black communities of Arlington. Come with us to see for yourself. Please share any feelings you have about a Black community you associate with. Learn more at: https://arlingtonblackheritage.org And www.nps.gov/arho/learn/historyculture/emancipation.htm #BlackHistoryMonth
The Story Behind the Statue
75 years ago today, the island of Iwo Jima was declared secure after more than a month of heavy fighting. The image of the Marines raising the flag over Mount Suribachi became the inspiration for one of the most iconic memorials in America, now cared for by the George Washington Memorial Parkway. Learn about the story behind the statue in this new video. To see another video about the memorial visit go.nps.gov/usmcvideos.
We are coming to you LIVE from the Netherlands Carillon where the National Park Service and Embassy of the Netherlands in the United States and are removing the first bells at a ceremony to kick off the restoration of the carillon!
We are coming to LIVE again from the Netherlands Carillon where Ed Nassor is playing “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” a popular song during the American Civil War. #ringtoremember #400years
We are LIVE from Theodore Roosevelt Island. We're discussing some of the exciting new proposals in the final draft of the Cultural Landscape Report and Environmental Assessment and we'll be looking to interact with you and answer your questions! To check out the report and submit your comments follow this link: https://parkplanning.nps.gov/documentsList.cfm?parkID=186&projectID=67514 comments close on May 3
This week is #NationalParkWeek! Secretary Ryan Zinke from the U.S. Department of the Interior recently visited one our parks at Great Falls Park and invites everyone to get out this week and #FindYourPark along the George Washington Memorial Parkway!
We are live at the US Marine Corps War Memorial where the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Marine Corps, National Park Foundation, and donor Mr. David Rubenstein are revealing new engravings of Afghanistan and Iraq on the pedestal. Learn more about the rehabilitation of the memorial at go.nps.gov/usmc
Check out this Netherlands Carillon behind-the-scenes video! Thank you to all the talented "carillonneurs" who played this 127 feet high instrument during our Summer Concert Series. The 50 bells of the Netherlands Carillon hang in an open steel tower, a symbol of Dutch regard for American aid during and after World War II. Learn more at www.nps.gov/gwmp #findyourpark