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WASHINGTON D.C.
OUR NATION’S CAPITAL
WASHINGTON MONUMENT
A MONUMENT HONORS A SPECIAL PERSON OR EVENT
WASHINGTON MONUMENT HONORS GEORGE WASHINGTON, OUR 1ST PRESIDENT
JEFFERSON MEMORIAL
Memorial to Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Completed in 1943, 200th anniversary of his birth
LINCOLN MEMORIAL
Honors Abraham Lincoln, our 16th President
The Gettysburg Address is engraved on the wall
38 marble columns and 56 steps
OUR CAPITOL
Capitol Building has a large dome
Congress makes the laws for our country
100 Senators – 2 from each state
440 members of the the House of Representatives
SUPREME COURT Highest court in the
land Settles questions
about the law 9 Justices –serve in
their job as long as they wish
Justice is chosen by the President, approved by the Senate
WHITE HOUSE
WHITE HOUSE TOUR
SMITHSONIAN
James Smithson was an Englishman dedicated to learning.
The Smithsonian Institute founded in 1829 with the Castle.
Today there are many Museums to see.
Smithsonian museumsMALL MAP
The National Shrine Of
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
VIETNAM MEMORIAL
Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a wall shaped like a “V.”
55,000 Americans, who were killed in Vietnam, have their names engraved on the wall.
IWOA JIMA
Marine Corps War Memorial
Raising of the Flag on Mount Suribachi during W.W. II.
Battle won in1945. 5 Marines and a Navy
hospital corpsman raised the U.S. flag.
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