WASHINGTON D.C. OUR NATION’S CAPITAL
WASHINGTON MONUMENT A MONUMENT HONORS A SPECIAL PERSON OR EVENT WASHINGTON MONUMENT HONORS GEORGE WASHINGTON, OUR 1 ST PRESIDENT
JEFFERSON MEMORIAL Memorial to Thomas Jefferson, 3 rd President Author of the Declaration of Independence Completed in 1943, 200 th anniversary of his birth
LINCOLN MEMORIAL Honors Abraham Lincoln, our 16 th 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 museums MALL 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.