District of Columbia
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 22:18Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
1850 Dual Highway, Suite 100
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Phone: 301-714-2201
The park follows the route of the 184.5-mile canal along the Potomac River between Washington, D.C., and Cumberland, Maryland. The canal was built between 1828 and 1850.
Constitution Gardens
Submitted by siteadmin on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 12:06Constitution Gardens
c/o National Mall and Memorial Parks
900 Ohio Drive SW
Washington, DC 20242-0004
Phone: 202-426-6841
This 40-acre park was constructed during the American Revolution Bicentennial. On an island in a lake is a memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
Submitted by siteadmin on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 12:07Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
c/o National Mall and Memorial Parks
900 Ohio Drive SW
Washington, DC 20242-0004
Phone: 202-426-6924
On April 14, 1865, President Lincoln was shot while attending a play here at 511 Tenth Street, NW. He was carried across the street to the Petersen house, where he died the next morning. The museum beneath the theater contains portions of the Olroyd Collection of Lincolniana.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Submitted by siteadmin on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 12:08Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
c/o National Mall and Memorial Parks
900 Ohio Drive SW
Washington, DC 20242-0004
Phone: 202-426-6841
Located along the famous Cherry Tree Walk on the Tidal Basin near the national mall, this is a memorial not only to FDR, but also to his times. Twelve years of American history are traced through a sequence of four outdoor rooms--each devoted to one of FDR's four terms in office. Sculptures inspired by photographs depict the 32nd President: A 10-foot statue shows him in his wheeled chair; a bas-relief depicts him riding in a car during his first inaugural.
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Submitted by siteadmin on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 12:08Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
1411 W Street SE
Washington, DC 20020-4813
Phone: 202-426-5961
From 1877 to 1895, this was the home of the nation's leading 19th-century African-American spokesman. Among other achievements, he was U.S. minister to Haiti in 1889.
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Submitted by siteadmin on Sat, 02/07/2009 - 16:18George Washington Memorial Parkway
Turkey Run Park
McLean, VA 22101-0001
Phone: 703-289-2500
The parkway, developed as a memorial to the first U.S. President, preserves the natural scenery along the Potomac River. It connects historic sites from Mount Vernon, where George Washington lived, past the Nation's Capital, which he founded, to the Great Falls of the Potomac, where he demonstrated his skill as an engineer.
Korean War Veterans Memorial
Submitted by siteadmin on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 12:09Korean War Veterans Memorial
c/o National Mall and Memorial Parks
900 Ohio Drive SW
Washington, DC 20242-0004
Phone: 202-426-6841
Located southeast of the Lincoln Memorial on Independence Avenue, a grouping of 19 statues of infantry soldiers stand before a polished granite wall bearing the images of support personnel.
Lincoln Memorial
Submitted by siteadmin on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 12:09Lincoln Memorial
c/o National Mall and Memorial Parks
900 Ohio Drive SW
Washington, DC 20242-0004
Phone: 202-426-6841
This classical structure of great beauty contains a marble statue 19 feet high of the Great Emancipator by sculptor Daniel Chester French. Architect of the building was Henry Bacon.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
Submitted by siteadmin on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 12:12Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
c/o George Washington Memorial Parkway
Turkey Run Park
McLean,VA 22101-0001
Phone: 703-289-2500
A living memorial to the 36th President, the park overlooks the Potomac River vista of the Capital. The design features 500 white pines and inscriptions on Texas granite.
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
Submitted by siteadmin on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 12:13Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
1318 Vermont Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20005-3607
Phone: 202-673-2402
This was the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women, established by Mary McLeod Bethune in 1935. It commemorates Bethune's leadership in the black women's rights movement from 1943 to 1949.
