News Release

National Park Service seeks public comment on site for Women’s Suffrage Memorial

Date: September 4, 2025
Contact: Mike Litterst

Washington – The National Park Service, in cooperation with the Women’s Suffrage National Monument Foundation (Foundation), is seeking comments from the public on the site for the proposed Women’s Suffrage Memorial. Four sites within the National Mall are under consideration for the memorial: land to the west of the Constitution Gardens lake, land to the east of the Constitution Gardens lake, the eastern portion of the John F. Kennedy Hockey Fields near the DC War Memorial, and the area to the south of the Washington Monument. Comments are being accepted on the project website from Sept. 8 through Oct. 8, 2025.

A virtual public scoping meeting to discuss the sites and answer questions will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, from 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. The meeting can be accessed at this link. National Park Service and Foundation officials will present the sites under consideration and be available for questions. Please note that comments from the meeting will not be recorded, so please submit formal comments for the proposed improvements by commenting online or by mail. 

In December 2020, Public Law 116-217 authorized the Foundation to establish a com-memorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia to commemorate the women’s suffrage movement and the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. The Foundation will design and construct the memorial at the selected location (design will be addressed in a future public scoping process), and the National Park Service will be responsible for its long-term maintenance following the dedication.

How to Comment
The preferred manner for providing comments is via an online form through the National Park Service Planning, Environment, and Public Comment website, used by the agency to manage official correspondence and analyze public comment in the planning process. From the project website (https://parkplanning.nps.gov/womenssuffrage) navigate the menu on the left-hand side of the page to “Open for Comment,” then open the “Women’s Suffrage Memorial EA Site Selection” folder. Background materials are at the site, and the green “Comment Now” button links to the online form.

Comments may also be submitted in writing to:
 

Superintendent Kevin Griess
ATTN: Women’s Suffrage Memorial
National Mall and Memorial Parks
1100 Ohio Drive, SW
Washington, DC 20242

Comments must be entered into the website or postmarked by October 8, 2025, to receive consideration.

Please be aware that the entire comment submitted – including personal identifying information such as address, phone number, and email address – may be made publicly available. Requests to withhold such personal identifying information from public release will be considered, but there is no guarantee that they will be withheld.
 

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