The idea
More unites us
than divides us.
Not a hope. A fact worth remembering.
The vision
Never built.
Until now.
America has memorials to its presidents, its wars, its causes and its communities. It has never built one to all Americans.
A new category of national memorial: one cohesive record of the whole American story, and a living one, recognizing history as it happens.
Our mission
To bring connection, healing, pride and unity to the United States of America, through a national memorial.
E Pluribus Unum: “Out of many, one.” The motto on the Great Seal of the United States is the idea this memorial is built on. Many peoples, many stories, one nation.
01 · Origins & Site
1963. $150.
A military veteran, Jim Weinel, and his wife Sharon built a $150 investment into Gemini, a world-leading maker of signage and cast-bronze monuments. In the mid-1990s Jim had an idea: honor two leaders from opposite ends of the political spectrum, side by side.
Roosevelt and Reagan.
Their seed idea has grown into a memorial to all Americans. Groundbreaking is planned for 2027, as America marks its 250th.
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02 · American Leadership Center
Stand among them.
A hall of citizens from all walks of life who shaped, served and led this country. Talk one-on-one with an American historical figure, rendered through AI.
Honoring famous leaders and unsung exemplars alike
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03 · Ethnic Immigration & Cultural Center
Every story that made us.
Every arrival, and every cost, told in full: from the halls of Ellis Island in virtual reality to the unvarnished record of what the American Dream did not offer equally.
Truth first. Then healing. Then unity.
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04 · Center for Innovation & Technology
Ideas that built America.
The native-born and the newcomer, side by side: from Henry Ford’s moving assembly line to Lue Gim Gong’s frost-resistant orange.
Featuring bronze busts, interactive screens and AI-powered kiosks
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05 · A Living Memorial
Bronze endures. Light renews.
A roll call projected in living light, renewed through the year: veterans in November, inventors in spring, Indigenous nations, pioneers, first responders.
A new featured honoree on the outdoor wall every week
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06 · Indigenous Star Knowledge Planetarium
The first American sky.
For centuries, Native American star knowledge has guided Indigenous life. The planetarium honors it, and the Indigenous explorers who carried it into space.
Designed in close consultation with Indigenous cultural advisors
Explore Indigenous Star Knowledge PlanetariumStar Knowledge
What is above is like what is below.
In Lakota star knowledge, the sky and the land answer one another. Choose a constellation to see it drawn, and read what it holds.
One teaching runs beneath them all: kapemni, “as it is above, it is below.” Two tipis meet at their tips, the star world over the earth, and where the two mirror each other a doorway opens between them.
Many Lakota constellations have a counterpart place on earth. The planetarium is designed in close consultation with American Indigenous cultural advisors.
Hall of Explorers
From the stars to space.
For centuries, Native nations have read the night sky. That gaze has since taken flight.
“Your life’s work is going to be landing men on the Moon.”Jerry Elliott High Eagle, Osage and CherokeeA voice he heard at age five. His mother’s answer: “Keep the vision. Keep the dream!”
- 2002
Commander John Herrington, USN
Chickasaw Nation
The first Native American in space, aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2002.
- 2022
Colonel Nicole Aunapu Mann, USMC
Wailacki of the Round Valley Indian Tribes
The first Native American woman in space, commanding NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission in 2022.
- WASP
Millie Rexroat
Oglala Lakota
Flew as a WASP pilot in World War II.
- Rockets
Mary Golda Ross
Cherokee
Helped engineer the rockets and spacecraft that opened the path to the Moon and planets.
- Apollo 13
Jerry Elliott High Eagle
Osage and Cherokee
Physicist; helped bring Apollo 13 home from Mission Control.
Lakota prayerMitakuye Oyasinwe are all related
07 · Outdoor Amphitheater
Under open skies.
Orchestras, speakers, veterans and reenactments, spring through fall, with the landscape as the backdrop.
Independence Day concerts, and Memorial Day and Veterans Day tributes
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08 · After the Visit
It follows you home.
An AI research archive of histories, original documents and streamed stories. Drop in a question or an image; find answers and primary sources, on any device.
Explore After the Visit“We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.”
Maya Angelou
09 · Support the memorial
Build what outlasts us.
Privately funded. Politically de-risked. Built to endure. Founding patrons are named in perpetuity.
Groundbreaking planned for 2027, as America marks its 250th
American Unity National MemorialA Living Memorial for the United States of AmericaThe book
Read the book.
Every center, every story and every figure, in depth: the origins, the site, the timeline, the funding plan and the programs. The website shows the key points; the book holds the whole of it.
The invitation
Let’s build one together.
We have never had a memorial built to all Americans.