A Symbol of Union

Arlington Memorial Bridge, proposed since the time of Andrew Jackson in the 1830s and completed in 1932, was envisioned as both a physical and symbolic connection between the northern and southern factions that fought during the American Civil War. Spanning the Potomac River, which divided Northern states and Southern states during the conflict from 1861 to 1865, the bridge joins the Lincoln Memorial to Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, and stands for the strength of the American Union and the final triumph of the idea of a permanent and complete Union.

Washington, District of Columbia · United States