1. Washington,D.C.
Jana Kročilová

2. Situation Nort-East part of the USA
on a special area called District of Columbia between Virginia and Maryland, on the Potomac River
area: 177 km2
population:
founded: 1790
started functioning as the capital: 1800
named in honour of the first American President George Washington

3. The capital city What we can find there:
the administrative centre of the USA
the seat of all three branches of the US federal government
foreign embassies
the seat of many international organisations ( the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Organisation of American States etc.)

4. The White House the official residence of the US President
constructed in 1792 by James Hoban
present president Barack Obama lives there with his family, works there and invites official guests there

5. The Thomas Jefferson Memorial
completed in 1943
dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, an American Founding Father and the third president of the USA
a circular colonnade of Ionic columns with a bronze statue of Jefferson with extracts from the Declaration of Independence on the wall
at the Potomac River

6. The US Capitol constructed in 1793 on Capitol Hill
the meeting place of the US Congress, the legislature of the US Federal Government
the House of Representatives Chamber
the Senate Chamber
the Supreme Court Chamber

7. The Lincoln Memorial completed in 1922
in honour to the 16th US President Abraham Lincoln
it has the form of a Greek Doric temple with a large seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln
inscriptions of two well-known Lincoln´s speeches on the walls
open for public 24 hours a day

8. The Washington Memorial
an obelisk to commemorate the first American President George Washington
the world´s tallest stone structure (about 170m)
completed in 1884
an elevator inside that travels up 90 seconds

9. The Smithsonian Institution
an educational and research institute and an associated museum complex
located not only in Washington,D.C., but also N.Y., Virginia etc.
parts of it: National Air and Space Museum National Museum of American Indians Art Museum Zoological Park etc.

10. War Veterans Memorials
the Vietnam Veterans´Memorial – a long black gabbro wall 75 m long with names of people who have died or are missing from the Vietnam War conflict
the Korean Veterans´Memorial – a walled triangle with 19 steel statues larger than life-size that represent US armed forces among bushes simulating the terrain of Korea