Air and Space Museum

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American History Museum

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Arlington National Cemetery
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On the mall, you can visit Lindberg's "Spirit of St. Louis" and early space capsules. |
The original "Star Spangled Banner" unfurls. See Dorthy's ruby slippers, the first Model-T, and the First Ladies' Inauguration ball gown. |
Watch the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. See the eternal flame at JFK's grave site along with the Custis-Lee Mansion and the Challenger and Columbia Memorials. |
The Capitol

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FBI Headquarters
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Ford's Theater

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Tour the rotunda and Statuary Hall. Find the "whisper room" in the Old Senate Chamber. Watch Congress if in session. |
Agents demonstrate target practice as well as modern crime fighting techniques. Famous criminal cases are displayed. |
Sit in the theater seats as park rangers relive the day Lincoln was assassinated. See the Lincoln box and the museum downstairs. Walk across the street to the Peterson House where he died. |
Jefferson Memorial

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Korean War Memorial

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Library of Congress
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Thomas Jeffierson stands in the rotunda surrounded by his famous writings. The tidal pool offers a beautiful reflection of the memorial. |
Life size bronzes walk wearily from a battlefield depicting the hardship of war. |
Perhaps the most ornate of Washington's buildings, it is the storehouse of all books published. |
Lincoln Memorial

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Mt. Vernon
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National Archives
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Lincoln sits in his chair and his eyes follow you as you read the Gettysburg Address. |
George Washington's ancestral home on the Potomac River. Tour the mansion, gardens, museum, out-buildings, slave quarters and grave sites. |
Newly remodeled. The Archives house the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Researchers pour through census and other government records. |
Natural History Museum

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Old Town Alexandria

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Franklin Roosevelt Memorial

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Dinosaurs, Theodore Roosevelt's animal collection, and the Hope diamond are to be discovered. |
Walk the same cobblestone streets as Washington, Jefferson, and Robert E. Lee. They are right outside your hotel room. |
The President who served through the depression and WWII is depicted in both public and private moments. |
Supreme Court
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Vietnam War Memorial
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Washington Monument
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The highest court in the land is an impressive landmark across the street from the capitol. |
The wall solemnly lists all soldiers killed in battle or missing in action. A registry helps find the location for each name. |
Take a ride in the glass elevator for a panoramic view of Washington. See the White House, Capitol building, and the Pentagon from the top. |
White House
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World War II Memorial
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| The home of the president is a must see in Washington. Tours are available if the president is not entertaining dignitaries. |
The newest and perhaps the most impressive of Washington's monuments, it depicts many of the most infamous battles on both the European and Pacific theaters. |
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