Transcript The history of the United States Capitol Building begins in 1793.

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You will be remembered and not forgotten
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We will survive and
thrive
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You may torture us, but never
will you destroy us
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One small step for man,
One giant leap for mankind
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Your deaths will not be in vain
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We will never be defeated, we will rise and keep on fightin
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We are proud of your
service, so we are proud
to call you all are hero’s
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Never give up up, there will
always be hope
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• Born as Michael Luther King Jr. on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia
• When he grew up he was both a Baptist minister and civil rights activist and had an
a seismic impact on race relations in the U.S.
• On December 1, 1955 a African American women named Rosa Parks was arrested fo
giving her seat to a white man on a bus, this began the Montgomery Bus Boycott
• He played a big role in ending segregation in many parts in the U.S. and in the crea
the civil rights act of 1964 and the voting rights act of 1965
• He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964
• IN 1963 he gave his most famous speech called “I Have A Dream.”
• He was then assassinated in April 1968
Your dream will happen, one day
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•
• The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
stands as a symbol of America's honor
and recognition of the men and
women who served and sacrificed their
lives in the Vietnam War. Inscribed on
the black granite walls are the names of
more than 58,000 men and women
who gave their lives or remain missing.
Yet the Memorial itself is dedicated to
honor the "courage, sacrifice and
devotion to duty and country" of all
who answered the call to serve during
the longest war in U.S. history.
• Incorporated on April 27, 1979 by a group
of veterans led by Jan C. Scruggs, who was
wounded and decorated for service in
Vietnam, the organization sought a
tangible symbol of recognition from the
American people for those who served in
the war.
Two members of the U.S.
Senate, Charles Mathias (RMd.) and John Warner (RVa.), took the lead in
Congress to enact legislation
providing three acres in the
northwest corner of the
National Mall as a site for
the Memorial. It was
dedicated on Nov. 13, 1982.
Thank you for
serving
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• The World War II • The twenty-four bronze • Fifty-six granite columns, split
between two half-circles framing
Memorial honors the bas-relief panels that
the rebuilt Rainbow Pool with its
flank the Ceremonial
service of sixteen
celebratory fountains, symbolize
million members of Entrance offer glimpses
the unprecedented wartime unity
the Armed Forces of into the human
among the forty-eight states,
the United States of experience at home and
seven federal territories, and the
warmemorial also
America, the support
• .at
The
District of Columbia. Bronze
of countless millions features areas where
ropes tie the columns together,
on the home front,
veterans’ recollections
while bronze oak and wheat
and the ultimate
come flooding back,
wreathes respectively represent
sacrifice of 405,399
triggered by the sight
the nation’s industrial and
Americans. On May of dozens of battle
agricultural strengths. Two 4329, 2004, a four-day names and military
foot tall pavilions proclaim
“grand reunion” of
campaign designations
American victory on the Atlantic
veterans on the
carved into stone. A
and Pacific fronts—on land, at
National Mall
wall of 4,048 Gold
sea, and in the air. Several hidden
culminated in the
Stars silently pays
treasures appear as well, such as
dedication of this
solemn tribute to the
the famous “Kilroy was here”
tribute to the legacy sacrifice of more than
graffiti familiar to every veteran
of “The Greatest
405,000 American
of the Second World War.
Generation
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• The memorial honors third president of the United States, Thomas
Jefferson, one of America’s Founding Fathers as well as the drafter of the
Declaration of Independence and adviser to the Constitution. Its architect
was John Russell Pope, who modeled the memorial after Jefferson’s own
architectural preferences.
• Pope passed away in 1937 during construction, at which point the project
was inherited by Daniel P. Higgins and Otto R. Eggers. The location along
the Tidal Basin was selected in 1937, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt
laid the cornerstone of the memorial in 1939.
• Rudolph Evans sculpted the statue of Jefferson, and the memorial received
its dedication in 1943. It has hosted numerous ceremonies, including the
world-famous National Cherry Blossom Festival.
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• FDR was the only president •
to be elected four times.
The memorial includes ten
bronze sculptures of
President Roosevelt and his
wife Eleanor Roosevelt
featuring waterfalls and
giant stones engraved with
famous quotations relating
to issues from the Great
Depression to World War II,
such as “The only thing we
have to fear, is fear itself.”
The FDR Memorial is one of Washington
DC's top attractions and honors Franklin
D. Roosevelt for leading the United States
through the Great Depression and World
War II. This impressive park-like
memorial is spread over 7.5 acres and
features four outdoor gallery rooms
depicting the 12 years of FDR’s
presidency.
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In 1791, working with George Washington, artist and engineer
Pierre Charles L'Enfant prepared a city plan for Washington, D.C.,
reserving eighty-two acres for a "President's Park."
L'Enfant's original design for a "President's
Palace" was approximately four times the size
of the present White House. James Hoban
substantially reduced the house's scale in the
The construction of the White
final approved design.
House started in 1792 and it was
first occupied by President John
Adams in 1800. The total cost was
The White House was the largest
$232,372.
house in the United States until after
the Civil War.
God Bless America
On August 24, 1814, during the War of 1812,
British troops burned the White House in
retaliation for an earlier burning of
Canadian government buildings in York,
Ontario, by the United States.
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Since the celebrated moment in 1907 when
workmen laid the foundation stone of
Washington National Cathedral, the
majestic structure has played a vital role in
our nation’s history.
The Cathedral has long served as a grand
spiritual center where Americans unite to
worship and pray, mourn the passing of
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world leaders, and confront the pressing
moral and social issues of the day.
So Pretty
The Space Window on the south aisle of the Cathedral contains a piece of lunar
rock.
There is a sculpture of Darth Vader on top of the Cathedral’s west tower.
The Cathedral’s central tower is the only place in North America to house both
peal and carillon bells.
The Cathedral labyrinth is a medieval design based on the one in the floor of the
nave at Chartres Cathedral in France.
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Opened in January 1964 as the National Museum of History and
Technology, the museum was renamed the National Museum of
American History in October 1980 to more accurately reflect its scope of
interests and responsibilities. The museum is located on the National
Mall in Washington, D.C., near the Washington Monument.
The transformation of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of
American History continues with a major project to renew the
building’s 120,000-square-foot west exhibition wing. The plans
feature new galleries and exhibitions on business, democracy
and culture, an education center, interior public plazas and
performance spaces as well as modernizing the infrastructure,
including wireless environments. A new panoramic window on
the first floor will give a sweeping view of the Washington
Monument and connect visitors to the National Mall. In 2008,
the museum completed a two-year, $85 million renovation of the
building’s center core, transforming the museum’s architectural
appeal.
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Above the entrance of the Gallery are the busts of the three men - all biographers and
historians - chiefly responsible for the Gallery's existence. In the centre is Philip Henry
Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope (1805-1875); his efforts resulted in the Gallery's foundation in
1856; he is flanked by two of his staunchest supporters, Thomas Babington Macaulay
(1800-1859) and Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881). Stanhope first introduced the idea to the
House of Commons in 1846; he tried again in 1852 and after he took his seat in the House
of Lords he tried for a third time in 1856. On 4 March he made a statement to the House of
Lords pleading for the establishment of a National Portrait Gallery, '...a gallery of original
portraits, such portraits to consist as far as possible of those persons who are most
honourably commemorated in British history as warriors or as statesmen, or in arts, in
literature or in science'. Stanhope urged the immediate foundation of the Gallery in
temporary accommodation, and with Queen Victoria's approval, three months after the
debate, the House of Commons agreed to vote a sum of £2000 towards the establishment
of a "British Historical Portrait Gallery".
Why So
Serious
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When the “new” U.S. National Museum building, now known as the National
Museum of Natural History, opened its doors on March 17, 1910, it housed art,
culture, history, and natural history collections. At the time the Smithsonian was
founded in 1846, its legislation provided for the National Museum. Spencer F.
Baird, the first Curator of the National Museum and second Secretary of the
Smithsonian, oversaw the development of the Smithsonian as the national museum
of the United States.
The Museum’s early collections included the artifacts and specimens from the United
States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, and the collections from the great surveys of the
American West in the 1850s, 1860s and 1870s. The collections were originally housed in the
Smithsonian Institution Building or “Castle.” In 1881, they were moved to the first U.S.
National Museum building, now known as the Arts and Industries Building. By 1882,
however, Museum Director G. Brown Goode was already pleading for more space, and the
Smithsonian Board of Regents resolved to expand the overcrowded Smithsonian facilities
with a third building.
On January 30, 1903, the U.S. Congress appropriated funds to the Smithsonian Institution
for a new museum, based upon an initial study by William Henry Holmes, Curator of
Anthropology at the National Museum. The local architectural firm Hornblower and
Marshall
was
selected
to design the building,
and ground was broken for the new
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In 1861 theatre manager John T. Ford leased out the abandoned First Baptist Church on
Tenth Street to create Ford’s Theatre. Over the next few years, the venue became a popular
stage for theatrical and musical productions. On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln visited
Ford’s for his twelfth time for a performance of Our American Cousin. At this performance,
Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth; he died the next morning in the Petersen House, a
boarding house located across the street. Ford’s Theatre remained closed for more than 100
years.
Ford’s Theatre officially reopened in 1968 as a national historic site and working theatre. It
is operated through a public-private partnership between Ford’s Theatre Society and the
National Park Service.
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Lafayette Park, also referred to as Presidents Park, is a seven-acre public park located
across from the White House in Washington, DC. The park is bounded by Jackson Place
on the west, Madison Place on the east, and Pennsylvania Avenue. It is a popular site for
political protests and for visitors to take photographs of the White House. The park
hosts five statues, four of foreign Revolutionary War
heroes and one of President Andrew Jackson.
Nothing like
getting a tan in
the presidential
park
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The history of the United States Capitol Building begins in 1793. Since then, the
U.S. Capitol has been built, burnt, rebuilt, extended and restored. The Capitol that we
see today is the result of several major periods of construction; it stands as a monument
to the ingenuity, determination and skill of the American people.
In accordance with the "Residence Act" passed by Congress in 1790, President George
Washington in 1791 selected the area that is now the District of Columbia from land
ceded by Maryland. He also selected three commissioners to survey the site and oversee
the design and construction of the capital city and its government buildings. The
commissioners, in turn, hired the French engineer Pierre Charles L'Enfant to plan the
new city of Washington. He located the Capitol at the elevated east end of the Mall, on
the brow of what was then called Jenkins' Hill. The site was, in L'Enfant's words, "a
pedestal waiting for a monument."
Im not rebuilding this anymore
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The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record
keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business
conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important
for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever.
Those valuable records are preserved and are available to you, whether you want
to see if they contain clues about your family’s history, need to prove a veteran’s
military service, or are researching an historical topic that interests you. The
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record
keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business
conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important
for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever.
Those valuable records are preserved and are available to you, whether you want
to see if they contain clues about your family’s history, need to prove a veteran’s
military service, or are researching an historical topic that interests you.
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George Washington’s father, Augustine Washington, built a modest one and a
half story farmhouse there in 1735. Washington’s elder half-brother Lawrence
lived at the property from 1741 until his death in 1752. George Washington began
leasing the property in 1754 and although he did not inherit it outright until 1762
, he expanded the house in 1758, raising the roof to make the Mansion two and a
half stories high. In 1774, he added the north and south wings, the cupola and
piazza to create the structure we see today.
Can I live here
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The Smithsonian Institution is a museum and research complex of 19
museums and galleries and the National Zoological Park, as well as
research facilities. Founded in 1846, the Smithsonian is the world’s
largest museum and research complex consisting of 19 museums and
galleries, the National Zoological Park and nine research facilities. There
are 6,000 Smithsonian employees, including approximately 500
scientists, and more than 6,500 volunteers. Approximately 30 million
people from around the world visited the Smithsonian in 2009, with
more than 175 million visits to the Smithsonian Web sites. The total
number of objects, works of art and specimens at the Smithsonian is
estimated at 137 million
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