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Freedom Park

About Freedom Park

Freedom Park is a two block long elevated linear park in the Rosslyn section of Arlington, Virginia. It was built on an elevated concrete structure originally constructed for use as an automobile overpass, and as such, rises above and over the surrounding streets.

The park was founded in 1996 as a joint-venture with the Newseum and Freedom Forum Journalists Memorial, both operated by the Freedom Forum, and was dedicated to the spirit of freedom and the struggle to preserve it. In 2008 the Newseum moved to a new location in the District of Columbia, upon which time a property developer took over operations of the park, and most of the original exhibits were removed.

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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Sculpture garden
Founded
1994

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Photos of Freedom Park

  1. Freedom Park, Virginia01VirginiaBen Schumin from Montgomery Village, Maryland, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
  2. Berlin Wall at Freedom Park (2006)02Berlin Wall at Freedom Park ()User RebelAt on en.wikipedia · Public domain
  3. Journalists Memorial at Freedom Park03Journalists Memorial at Freedom ParkBen Schumin · CC BY-SA 2.5
  4. Berlin Wall sections at Freedom Park04Berlin Wall sections at Freedom ParkBen Schumin · CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. Good Bye Lenin!05Good Bye Lenin!Payton Chung from DCA, USA · CC BY 2.0
  6. Freedom park06Freedom ParkPayton Chung from DCA, USA · CC BY 2.0

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Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 1 mile of Freedom Park; the closest, National Mall Conservancy, is about a mile away.