Jean Monnet
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia
Marker Inscription
Jean Monnet 1888-1979. Born in France, widely travelled, he died at age 90 near Paris, proud citizen of a united Europe he inspired and helped to create. Earlier, from his office in the Willard Hotel, he contributed greatly to America's victory program for wartime production while a member of the British Mission in Washington during World War II.
Erected by Jean Monnet Council
The Story
Jean Monnet (1888–1979), the French economist remembered as a founding architect of a united Europe, spent part of World War II in Washington working from an office in the historic Willard Hotel. As a member of the British Mission, he threw his talent for large-scale coordination into America's "Victory Program," helping marshal the astonishing surge of industrial output that armed the Allies. Only after the war did he turn that same genius for cooperation toward binding former enemies into a peaceful European community.
Why it matters
The marker records a quiet but consequential moment when a European visionary helped shape America's wartime production miracle, a reminder of how transatlantic partnership underwrote both victory in 1945 and the peace that followed.
Plan your visit
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Museums & culture
- National Children's Museum0.2 mi away · 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC
- National Museum of Women in the Arts0.3 mi away · 1250 New York Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC
- Old Post Office Tower and Museum0.3 mi away
- Petersen House0.3 mi away
- Ford's Theatre National Historic Site0.4 mi away · 511 10th Street Northwest
- Decatur House0.4 mi away · 1610 H Street Northwest, Washington, DC
Attractions
- White House Peace Vigil0.3 mi away
- Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain0.3 mi away
- Almas Temple0.4 mi away · 1315 K Street Northwest
- Lockkeeper's House0.5 mi away · DC
- Washington Monument0.5 mi away · 2 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC
- World War II Memorial0.7 mi away · 1964 Independence Avenue Southwest, Washington, DC
Food & drink
- Fireclaynearby · 515 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC
- The Occidentalnearby · 1475 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC
- Cafe du Parcnearby · 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
- Round Robin Barnearby · 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC
- Pineanearby · 515 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC
- VUE Rooftopnearby · 515 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC
Places to stay
- Willard InterContinental Hotelnearby · 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC
- Hotel Washingtonnearby · 515 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC
- JW Marriottnearby · 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC
- Sofitel Lafayette Square0.3 mi away · 806 15th Street Northwest
- Hilton Garden Inn Washington DC Downtown0.3 mi away · 815 14th Street Northwest, Washington, DC
- Hotel Harrington0.3 mi away · 436 11th Street Northwest, Washington, DC
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Related people
- · Jean Monnet
Related events
- · World War II
- · European integration
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