Theodore Roosevelt Island

Theodore Roosevelt Island is an 88.5-acre island and national memorial located in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. During the Civil War, it was used as a training camp for the United States Colored Troops. The island was given to the federal government by the Theodore Roosevelt Association in memory of President Theodore Roosevelt. In the 1930s landscape architect Charles Downing Lay designed a plan for the island that would feature a monument to American Presidents. After several failed efforts to implement Lay's vision, landscape architect John Carl Warnecke was brought on to the project. Today, the island is home to a 17-foot statue of Roosevelt, as well as hiking trails and scenic views of the Potomac River.