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Freedom Park (Arlington, Virginia)

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Journalists Memorial, a 24-foot-tall (7.3 m) spiraling memorial made of dichroic glass that honors reporters, editors, photographers and broadcasters who gave their lives reporting the news
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Today the park is used primarily by residents and workers of Rosslyn as a quiet escape from the busy city below.
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The largest section of the Wall to be preserved can be found at the 1420-yard
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and Freedom Forum Journalists Memorial, both operated by the
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The park was founded in 1996 as a joint-venture with the
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Linear park in the Rosslyn section of Arlington, Virginia
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Sculpture gardens, trails and parks in the United States
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Former exhibits which were removed in 2008 included:
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Freedom Park (Arlington, Virginia) is located in Washington, D.C.
Arlington, Virginia
Coordinates
38°53′39″N 77°04′13″W / 38.894212°N 77.070288°W / 38.894212; -77.070288


Berlin Wall
elevated
linear park
Rosslyn
Arlington, Virginia
Newseum
Freedom Forum
District of Columbia
Warsaw Ghetto
Vladimir Lenin
Soviet Union
Martin Luther King Jr.
Birmingham
Cuban refugees
South African
ballot box
apartheid
Berlin Wall
Germany
Statue of Freedom
United States Capitol
Goddess of Democracy
Tiananmen Square protests
China

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