Mrs. Stine Goes to Washington,

D.C.November 11, 2011

The White House-back view. You can tell that the President is not at home because there are no snipers

on the roof.

This is the back of a monument dedicated to Christopher Columbus. The figure on the right represents the New World and the figure on the left represents the Old World.

U.S. Capitol building

Jefferson Memorial*named after the 3rd President and the author

of the Declaration of Independence.

I visited a memorial in

honor of former

President Franklin Delano

Roosevelt (FDR). He

was president at

the beginning

and throughout

WWII.

FDR spent much of his life in a wheelchair. He was

stricken with polio as a child.

Eleanor Roosevelt

(FDR’s wife) was a delegate to the United Nations.

She worked for equal rights for

all, including

women and African

Americans.

Builders began to build the Washington Monument while George Washington was still alive. This is why it is called a monument and not a memorial. After a while, the money ran out and the builders had to stop. Years later, when trying to build again, they were unable to find the same stone. If you look closely at a photo during the day, you will be able to see where production was changed.

The new memorialhonoring Dr. Martin

Luther King.

Iwo Jima Memorial

Lincoln Memorial*36 pillars for the 36 states at the time of

his presidency.

Seated statue

of Abraha

m Lincoln inside

the Lincoln

Memorial. 19

feet tall!

WOW! This was

so impressi

ve!

The Gettysburg Address was hand carved

into the building by Italian artisans.

I loved this Memorial so much that I had to take another photo!