 Washington  Kuznetsova Anastasia  Form 9  Moscow, 2013

Washington DC is the capital of the USA. The city stands on the Potomac River. You can look at some Washington’s attractions…

There is the National Mall in the center of Washington. It’s an open platform with numerous memorials and museums.

There is the most important memorial in DC – Washington Monument. It honours the “Father of Country”, General, and the first President of the USA – George Washington.

There is Lincoln Memorial on a west side of the National Mall. Inside the Memorial there is a grand sculpture of the 16th USA President Abraham Lincoln.

Between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial is the National Memorial II-Second World War. The same Western Mall are two more important memorial commemorating the soldiers who fought in the Korean and Vietnam wars: Korean War Veterans Memorial and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

This is the National Museum of American History, called "the American attic." The National Archives demonstrates the important documents of the country: the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, the U.S. Constitution.

High above the Capitol Hill towering dome of the Capitol. On its friezes and frescoes depicted 400 years of U.S.A. history. The laws are passed in the Capitol.

The White House is the residence of all American Presidents, except Washington, because the White house was finished after his death.

Pentagon – the U.S.A. Department of Defence is in the shape of a regular pentagon. Pentagon - the largest office building in the world.