Washington D.C.

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Washington D.C.

• 8th Grade Class Trip
• May 19-21, 2009

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The White House

• President Washington, together with city planner
  Pierre LEnfant, chose the site for the
  residence, which is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

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The White House

• First Cornerstone Laid in 1792
• John and Abigail Adams First Residents in 1800
• Survived fire in 1814
• Burned by British in War of 1812
• Renovated throughout much of Harry Trumans
  Presidency
• Although exterior stone walls are those put in
  place two centuries ago
• There are 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 6 levels.
  There are also 412 doors, 147 windows, 28
  fireplaces, 8 staircases, and 3 elevators.
• At various times in history, the White House has
  been known as the "President's Palace," the
  "President's House," and the "Executive Mansion."
  President Theodore Roosevelt officially gave the
  White House its current name in 1901.

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Supreme Court

• The Republic endures and this is the symbol of
  its faith.

Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes in laying the
cornerstone for the Supreme Court Building on
October 13, 1932, expressed the importance of the
Supreme Court in the American system.
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The Supreme Court

• 1929 William Howard Taft (who had been President)
  authorizes construction of a permanent home for
  The Supreme Court.
• Architect Cass Gilbert was charged by Chief
  Justice Taft to design a building of dignity and
  importance suitable for its use as the permanent
  home of the Supreme Court of the United States.
• The classical Corinthian architectural style was
  selected because it best harmonized with nearby
  congressional buildings.

• Chief Justice
• John G. Roberts
• Associate Justices
• JOHN PAUL STEVENS ANTONIN SCALIA
• ANTHONY M. KENNEDY
• DAVID H. SOUTER
• CLARENCE THOMAS
• RUTH BADER GINSBURG
• STEPHEN G. BREYER
• SAMUEL A. ALITO, JR

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U.S. Capitol

• Where Congress meets to discuss and create laws

"Here, sir, the people govern." Alexander
Hamilton
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WWII Memorial
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WWII Memorial

• Honors the more than 16 million who served
• 400,000 killed
• President Clinton dedicated the memorial site
  during a formal ceremony on Veterans Day 1995.

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IWO JIMA MEMORIAL
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IWO JIMA MEMORIAL

• On February 19, 1945 about 70,000 marines invaded
  the small Pacific Island of Iwo Jima.
• The battle of Iwo Jima was one of the bloodiest
  in the war, with more than 6,800 American and
  23,000 Japanese casualties
• One of the first objectives in the attack was
  capturing Mount Suribachi, the highest point on
  the island. On February 23, the mountain was
  almost secured. At around 1030 am, a small
  American flag was raised atop the mountain. Later
  that day, a much larger flag was raised by five
  Marines and a Navy corpsman. The raising was
  witnessed by news photographer Joe Rosenthal
  whose pulitzer prize winning picture of the flag
  raising would become a symbol of the war in the
  Pacific. It was soon used by the American
  government to sell war bonds and to promote the
  war effort.

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The Smithsonian

• American History Museum
• Natural History Museum
• Air and Space Museums
• http//www.si.edu/

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Lincoln Memorial
In this temple, as in the hearts of the people
for whom he saved the Union, the memory of
Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever. Beneath
these words, the 16th President of the United
Statesthe Great Emancipator and preserver of the
nation during the Civil Warsits immortalized in
marble. As an enduring symbol of Freedom, the
Lincoln Memorial attracts anyone who seeks
inspiration and hope .
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Korean War Memorial
Freedom is not free. Here, one finds the
expression of American gratitude to those who
restored freedom to South Korea. Nineteen
stainless steel sculptures stand silently under
the watchful eye of a sea of faces upon a granite
wallreminders of the human cost of defending
freedom. These elements all bear witness to the
patriotism, devotion to duty, and courage of
Korean War veterans.
From 1950 to 1953, the United States joined with
United Nations forces in Korea to take a stand
against what was deemed a threat to democratic
nations worldwide.
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Vietnam Memorial

• Vietnam Veterans Memorial honors the men and
  women who served when their Nation called upon
  them. The designer, Maya Lin, felt that the
  politics had eclipsed the veterans, their service
  and their lives. She kept the design elegantly
  simple to allow everyone to respond and
  remember.

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Arlington National Cemetery
I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the
anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only
the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and
the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid
so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
-Abraham Lincoln
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Fords Theatre
April 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln is assassinated
while attending a play at Fords Theatre
Tony Award Winning Musical Civil War
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Jefferson Memorial
The words of Thomas Jefferson, some written more
than 200 years ago, have shaped American ideals.
Today, many of these impressive, stirring words
adorn the interior walls of his memorial. The
Thomas Jefferson Memorial stands as a symbol of
liberty and endures as a site for reflection and
inspiration for all citizens of the United States
and the world
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FDR MEMORIAL
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Gettysburg National Battlefield
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Gettysburg

• 95,000 Union Troops
• 75,000 Confederate Troops
• Around 50,000 Killed

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Gettysburg Address

• Four score and seven years ago our fathers
  brought forth on this continent a new nation,
  conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the
  proposition that all men are created equal.
• Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing
  whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived
  and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on
  a great battle-field of that war. We have come to
  dedicate a portion of that field, as a final
  resting place for those who here gave their lives
  that that nation might live. It is altogether
  fitting and proper that we should do this.
• But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate...
  we can not consecrate... we can not hallow this
  ground. The brave men, living and dead, who
  struggled here, have consecrated it, far above
  our poor power to add or detract. The world will
  little note, nor long remember what we say here,
  but it can never forget what they did here. It is
  for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here
  to the unfinished work which they who fought here
  have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for
  us to be here dedicated to the great task
  remaining before usthat from these honored dead
  we take increased devotion to that cause for
  which they gave the last full measure of
  devotionthat we here highly resolve that these
  dead shall not have died in vainthat this
  nation, under God, shall have a new birth of
  freedomand that government  of the people, by
  the people, for the people, shall not perish from
  the earth.