Title: Washington D.C.
1Washington D.C.
- 8th Grade Class Trip
- May 19-21, 2009
2The White House
- President Washington, together with city planner
Pierre LEnfant, chose the site for the
residence, which is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
3The 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.
4Supreme 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.
5The 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
6U.S. Capitol
- Where Congress meets to discuss and create laws
"Here, sir, the people govern." Alexander
Hamilton
7WWII Memorial
8WWII 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.
9 IWO JIMA MEMORIAL
10IWO 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.
11The Smithsonian
- American History Museum
- Natural History Museum
- Air and Space Museums
- http//www.si.edu/
12Lincoln 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 .
13Korean 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.
14Vietnam 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.
15Arlington 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
16Fords Theatre
April 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln is assassinated
while attending a play at Fords Theatre
Tony Award Winning Musical Civil War
17Jefferson 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
18FDR MEMORIAL
19Gettysburg National Battlefield
20Gettysburg
- 95,000 Union Troops
- 75,000 Confederate Troops
- Around 50,000 Killed
21Gettysburg 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.