Monumental

Named after the United States' first president, Washington is a city dominated by monuments and statues devoted to revered statesmen as well as its servicemen in its long history of wars. The Washington monument was originally meant to have columns and a statue of George Washington but was never competed due to budgetary reasons. 

Many of these sites are referred to as temples which would seem appropriate as many of these people have achieved God-like status in American folklore.

The sheer enormity of some of these monuments lend weight to the legendary status of ones such as Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.