The Extra Mile
The Extra Mile – Points of Light Volunteer Pathway is a mile-long walking path in the heart of Washington, D.C., honoring the actions and service of famous Americans who have transformed the nation and the world.
Dedicated to the Spirit of Service
The Extra Mile was created in honor of President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush and was dedicated to the spirit of service in America. On Oct. 14, 2005, the opening dedication ceremony celebrated President Bush and revealed the 33 inducted honorees. It still stands as a permanent representation of the president’s ensuring legacy of service in America, and it is the only monument in the nation that has been created to honor regular citizens for the work that they’ve done for their country.
In the Heart of Washington, D.C.
Just blocks from the White House, the monument begins at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 15th Street, and continues north on 15th Street to G street, NW. Formed by a series of bronze medallions creating the one-mile historic walking path, the monument honors individuals whose actions and commitment to service have transformed our nation. Their legacies are enduring social movements that continue to engage and inspire us today.
Jane Addams
Founder, Hull House
Susan B. Anthony
Suffragist
Ida Wells-Barnett
Leader of the anti-Lynching movement
Ballington & Maud Booth
Founders, Volunteers of America
Rachel Carson
Environmentalist
Dorothea Dix
Advocate of the Reform of Institutions for the Mentally Ill
Samuel Gompers
Founder, American Federation of Labor
Paul Harris
Founder, Rotary International
Helen Keller
Founder, American Foundation for the Blind
John Muir
Conservationist
Robert Smith & William Wilson
Co-founders, Alcoholics Anonymous
Edgar Allen
Founder, Easter Seals
Roger Nash Baldwin
Founder, American Civil Liberties Union
Clara Barton
Founder, American Red Cross
William D. Boyce
Founder, Boy Scouts of America
Cesar Chavez
Co-founder, United Farm Workers of America
Frederick Douglass
Abolitionist
Charlotte & Luther Gulick
Founder, Camp Fire
Edgar J. Helms
Founder, Goodwill Industries
Martin Luther King, Jr
Civil Rights Leader
Mary White Ovington & W. E. B. Du Bois
Founders, NAACP
Harriet Tubman
Leader of Underground Railroad Effort to Free Slaves
Ethel Percy Andrus
Founder, AARP
Ruth Standish Baldwin & Dr. George Haynes
Founders, National Urban League
Clifford Beers
Founder of the modern mental healthcare movement
Wallace Campbell
Founder, CARE
Ernest Kent Coulter
Founder, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America
Millard & Linda Fuller
Founder and Co-founder, Habitat for Humanity
William Edwin Hall
President, Boys and Girls Clubs of America
Melvin Jones
Founder, International Association of Lions Clubs
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder, Girl Scouts of the USA
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Founder, Special Olympics
Booker T. Washington
Civil Rights Leader