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National Museum
of American History
Washington
Monument
Lincoln
Memorial
White House
Capitol Center
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The National Museum
of American History:
Kenneth E. Behring Center
collects, preserves and
displays the heritage of
the United States in the
areas of social, political,
cultural, scientific and
military history. The
museum is part of the
Smithsonian Institution
and located on the
National Mall. It was
the sixth Smithsonian
building to open on the
National Mall, and is now
considered a National
Historical Landmark.
Among the items on
display are the original
Star-Spangled Banner and
Archie Bunker’s chair.
The Washington
Monument dominates
the United States Capital
skyline as a symbolic
tribute to George
Washington’s military
leadership, humble
statesmanship, and
Presidential fortitude
and wisdom. Constructed
frommarble, granite and
gneiss, the Monument is
the world’s tallest free-
standing stone structure,
towering more than 555
feet (169 meters).
Fifty American flags
(not state flags), one for
each state, are now flown
24 hours a day around
a large circle centered
on the monument.
The Lincoln Memorial is
an American National
Monument built to honor
the 16th President of the
United States, Abraham
Lincoln. It is located on
the western end of the
National Mall. The building
is in the form of a Greek
Doric temple and contains
a large seated sculpture
of Abraham Lincoln
and inscriptions of two
well-known speeches by
Lincoln The Gettysburg
Address and his Second
Inaugural Address.
The memorial has been
the site of many famous
speeches, including
Martin Luther King’s
“I Have a Dream” speech.
The White House is the
official residence and
principal workplace of the
President of the United
States, located at 1600
Pennsylvania Avenue
NW in Washington, D.C.
It has been the residence
of every U.S. president
since John Adams in 1800.
The modern-dayWhite
House complex includes
the Executive Residence,
West Wing, East Wing,
the Eisenhower Executive
Office Building the former
State Department, which
now houses offices for the
President’s staff and the
Vice President and Blair
House, a guest residence.
The Capitol is among
the most architecturally
impressive and
symbolically important
buildings in the world. The
Senate and the House of
Representatives have met
here for more than two
centuries. Begun in 1793,
the Capitol has been built,
burnt, rebuilt, extended,
and restored; today, it
stands as a monument not
only to its builders but also
to the American people
and their government.
Once inside the historic
Capitol, visitors will see the
Crypt, the Rotunda, and
National Statuary Hall.
Washington
Excursion
Washington
Overnight
Excursion
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