United States Capitol grounds

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historic district landscape public space

The United States Capitol grounds are the landscaped area surrounding the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., encompassing important monuments, plazas, and public spaces that serve as a focal point of American government and civic life.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Capitol Grounds	4
Capitol grounds	4
Capitol lawns	1
East Front plaza of the U.S. Capitol	1
U.S. Capitol grounds, Washington, D.C.	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic district ⓘ landscape ⓘ public space ⓘ
adjacentTo	Library of Congress ⓘ National Mall ⓘ Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
governedBy	Architect of the Capitol ⓘ
hasPart	Capitol Plaza ⓘ Capitol Reflecting Pool ⓘ Capitol Square ⓘ Capitol Hill ⓘ surface form: Capitol drives Capitol flagpoles ⓘ Capitol fountains ⓘ Capitol Grounds and Arboretum ⓘ surface form: Capitol gardens Capitol landscaping ⓘ United States Capitol grounds self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Capitol lawns Capitol memorials ⓘ Capitol parking areas ⓘ Capitol Square ⓘ surface form: Capitol plazas Capitol Reflecting Pool ⓘ surface form: Capitol reflecting pools Capitol security posts ⓘ Capitol statues ⓘ Capitol steps ⓘ Capitol terraces ⓘ Capitol trees ⓘ Capitol visitor entrances ⓘ Capitol walkways ⓘ Constitution Avenue NW ⓘ East Capitol Street NE ⓘ surface form: East Capitol Street First Street NE ⓘ First Street NW ⓘ First Street SE ⓘ First Street SW ⓘ Garfield Monument ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant Memorial ⓘ surface form: Grant Memorial Independence Avenue SW ⓘ Garfield Monument ⓘ surface form: James A. Garfield Monument Maryland Avenue SW ⓘ New Jersey Avenue NW ⓘ New Jersey Avenue NW ⓘ surface form: New Jersey Avenue SE Peace Monument ⓘ Pennsylvania Avenue NW ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant Memorial ⓘ Union Square ⓘ
hasSecurity	United States Capitol Police ⓘ
locatedIn	Capitol Hill ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
maintainedBy	Architect of the Capitol ⓘ
openTo	public ⓘ
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
significance	focal point of federal legislative branch ⓘ symbol of American democracy ⓘ
surrounds	United States Capitol ⓘ
usedFor	civic events ⓘ inaugural ceremonies ⓘ political demonstrations ⓘ public gatherings ⓘ tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Capitol Street → adjacentTo → United States Capitol grounds ⓘ

Nevada State Capitol → hasGarden → United States Capitol grounds ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capitol grounds

L’Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C. → hasPart → United States Capitol grounds ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capitol grounds

United States Capitol Complex → hasPart → United States Capitol grounds ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capitol Grounds

United States Capitol grounds → hasPart → United States Capitol grounds self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capitol lawns

Special Operations Division → jurisdiction → United States Capitol grounds ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capitol Grounds

Ulysses S. Grant Memorial → locatedIn → United States Capitol grounds ⓘ

Emancipation Hall → locatedUnder → United States Capitol grounds ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Front plaza of the U.S. Capitol

Frederick Law Olmsted → notableWork → United States Capitol grounds ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Capitol grounds, Washington, D.C.

Capitol Reflecting Pool → partOf → United States Capitol grounds ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capitol grounds

West Front → partOf → United States Capitol grounds ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capitol Grounds

USCP → protects → United States Capitol grounds ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Capitol Police

Architect of the Capitol → responsibleFor → United States Capitol grounds ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capitol Grounds

First Street NW → runsNear → United States Capitol grounds ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capitol grounds