2. WASHINGTON D.C. OUR NATION’S CAPITAL

3. WASHINGTON MONUMENT  A MONUMENT HONORS A SPECIAL PERSON OR EVENT  WASHINGTON MONUMENT HONORS GEORGE WASHINGTON, OUR 1 ST PRESIDENT

4. JEFFERSON MEMORIAL  Memorial to Thomas Jefferson, 3 rd President  Author of the Declaration of Independence  Completed in 1943, 200 th anniversary of his birth

5. LINCOLN MEMORIAL  Honors Abraham Lincoln, our 16 th President  The Gettysburg Address is engraved on the wall  38 marble columns and 56 steps

6. 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

7. 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

8. WHITE HOUSE

9. WHITE HOUSE TOUR

10. 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.

11. Smithsonian museums MALL MAP

12. The National Shrine Of THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

13. 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.

14. 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.