Washington D.C

1. WASHINGTON D.C

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3. The Congress of The USA chose the site of the District of Columbia in 1790 to establish a new capital which they named under

the District of Columbia
in 1790 to establish a new
capital which they named
under their first
president. Washington
D.C has been The United
States capital city since
1800 when the
government moved from
Philadelphia. Washington
D.C is more than a city
but less than a state. It’s
on the Potomac river and

4. POTOMAC RIVER

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The Potomac River
runs along the
eastern coast of the
USA, and is about
462 kms long. It flows
southeast from the
Appalachians
through the District of
Columbia into
Chesapeake Bay.

6. THE WHITE HOUSE

7. The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the USA. It is located at 1600

residence and
principal
workplace of the
president of the
USA. It is located
at 1600
Pennsylvania
Avenue. It was
built between
1792 and 1800. It
has been the
residence of every
US president

8. THE CAPITOL

9. The United States Capitol is the meeting place of the United States Congress, the legislature of the Federal government of the

meeting place of the
United States
Congress, the
legislature of the
Federal government
of the United States
composed of the
Senate and the
house of
representatives. It is
a bicameral
legislature. Located
in Washington, D.C.,

10. THE SUPREME COURT

11. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States, and leads the federal judiciary. It

consists of the Chief
Justice of the United
States and eight
Associate Justices,
who are nominated by
the President.

12. THE PENTAGON

13. The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol

The
Pentagon
is
the
headquarters
of
the
.
United States Department of Defense,
located in Arlington County, Virginia. As
a symbol of the U.S. military, "the
Pentagon" is often used metonymically
to to refer to the Department of Defense

14. WASHINGTON MONUMENT

15. The Washington Monument is an obelisk near the west end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate the

the National Mall in
Washington, D.C., built
to commemorate the
first U.S. president,
General George
Washington. The
monument, made of
marble, granite, and
sandstone, is both the
world's tallest stone
structure and the
world's tallest obelisk

16. FORD’S THEATER

17. Ford's Theatre is a historic theatre in Washington, D.C., used for various stage performances beginning in the 1860s. It is

stage performances
beginning in the
1860s. It is also the
site of the
assassination of
U.S. President
Abraham Lincoln on
April 14, 1865. After
being shot, the
fatally wounded
president was
carried across the

18. VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL

19. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a national memorial in Washington, D.C. It honors U.S. service members of the U.S. armed

forces who
fought in the Vietnam
War. The main part of
the memorial was
completed in 1982.

20. LINCOLN’S MEMORIAL

21. The Lincoln Memorial is an American memorial built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is

American memorial built to
honor the 16th President
of the United States,
Abraham Lincoln. It is
located on the National
Mall in Washington, D.C.
and was dedicated on May
The building
is
in
the
30, 1922.
form of a Greek Doric
temple and contains
a large seated
has been the site
of many
famous
sculpture
of Abraham
speeches, including
Martin
Lincoln.
The Luther King’s

22. JEFFERSON’S MEMORIAL

23. The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C. that is dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, an American

a presidential
memorial in
Washington, D.C. that
is dedicated to
Thomas Jefferson, an
American Founding
Father and the third
president of the
United States.
Construction began in
1939, the building
was completed in
1943, and the bronze

24. WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL

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The Washington
National Cathedral,
officially named the
Cathedral Church of
Saint Peter and Saint
Paul, is a cathedral of
the Episcopal Church
located in
Washington, D.C.
Theodore Roosevelt
and a crowd
of more
Construction
began
than 20,000, and ended
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later when
on September
the last finial was placed
in the the
presence of
1907, when

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