washington dc monuments and memorials by ms. callan’s class grade 4 room 11
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Every president except George Washington lived in the White House .
The President lives there for four years.
At one time the White House was destroyed by the British and James Hobun and other people rebuilt it.
The Smithsonian Castle is in charge of all sixteen museums.
The Smithsonian is the world’s largest museum.
The Smithsonian has 16 different museums. Some of them include…
Air space museum. National Zoo
American Indian Museum Postal Museum
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a long granite wall with the names of over 58,000 men and women who died or went missing during the Vietnam War.
About 1000 names on the wall are missing people.
People leave gifts and flowers at the wall to honor the people who gave their lives in the war. If there is a diamond next to the name the person is dead and if there is a plus next to the name the person is missing.
The Smithsonian Castle is in charge of all sixteen museums.
The Smithsonian is the world’s largest museum.
The Smithsonian has 16 different museums. Some of them include…
Air space museum. National Zoo
American Indian Museum Postal Museum
The Lincoln Memorial is a very special site.The Memorial was built to honor the nation’s 16TH president…
LINCOLN!
The Lincoln Statue stands 19 ft tall and weighs 175
tons!!!!!
The walls contain the most famous speeches he gave in his life time.
The columns surrounding the walls stand for the 36 states in the union at the time of Lincolns death.
The National Mall in Washington D.C is two miles long. It has 3 parts. One is monuments, and there is a pool, and a garden.
The National Mall is surrounded by monuments. Some include the U.S. Capital, The Smithsonian, and The Lincoln Memorial.
The Air and Space Museum is a small part of Smithsonian, which is a group of museums and monuments connected by underground tunnels.
The Jefferson Memorial is a memorial to honor Thomas Jefferson.
He was the 3rd President of the U.S.
In the center of the building is a 19 foot tall statue of
Jefferson
The Jefferson Memorial is surrounded by cherry blossom trees given by Japan.
On the walls of the building are inscriptures of the Declaration of Independence!
Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence!
The Arlington National Cemetery is used for burying people in the armed forces, to honor them.
The Washington Monument is a four sided structure. The Washington
Monument is 555 feet,5 1/8 inches ,and 169,29 meters. Fifty flags surround it and it symbolizes the 50
states.
The Washington Monument was built between 1848 through 1884. Robert Mill
created the Washington Monument in Baltimore, MD. The Monument stood
incomplete for 25 years.