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Amir Jamal

The Kennedy Center is located near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. It officially opened to the public in 1971. The idea started back in 1958 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower created a National Culture Center. So one of the theaters in the Kennedy Center is named after him. Kennedy supported the arts and that was one of his driving reasons for creating the new Center. The helped for the payment by hosting White House luncheons and it was then when people made donations for the cause. After Kennedy's Assassination the government donated $23 million dollars and named it the John F. Kennedy Center for the arts in honor of President Kennedy.

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Luke Walsh
Construction for the White house began on October 13, 1792. The address is 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500. The White house is 55,000 square feet and has 132 rooms.
Every U.S president has lived here since 1800. George Washington was the only president not to live in the White house. Most of the White house burnt to the ground during the war of 1812. There was a second fire in 1929 that destroyed the executive wing and lead to more renovations. It would take 570 gallons of paint to cover the outside of the White house.  The white house kitchens can prepare meals for 140 people at a time.

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Sam

The address for the memorial is 1964 Independence Ave., referencing the 1964 Civil Rights act.

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-Anderson Lynch
The FDR memorial was opened on May 2, 1997. It is open 24 hours a day.The memorial is dedicated to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president. The four open air rooms each representing one of his presidential terms. There is also a pathway that leads the visitor through many features including waterfalls, sculptures, and quotes from FDR. It covers 7.5 acres.

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The African American Museum opened on September 24, 2016. It has close to 37,000 objects in its collection related to such subjects as community, family, the visual and performing arts, religion, civil rights, slavery, and segregation. It shows some of the terrible  history such as what it was like for African Americans in the atlantic slave. It explains the civil rights movement of the the 1960's and has photos and bographys of famous African Americans.
This video explains how the museum uses objects to represent the African American History.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=UoWpZOQxfBk

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Connor Spear:

There are 19 Smithsonian Museums, 17 are in Washington DC and the other 2 are located in New York and Virginia. Most of the Smithsonian Museums opened in the late 1800s with a few opening in the 1900s. The Air and Space Museum is the most popular Smithsonian Museum. The first Museum was the Smithsonian Institution Building and it opened in 1855. It contained a library, a chemical laboratory, lecture halls, museum galleries and offices.

This is a photo of the Smithsonian Architectural Art Museum:

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The Lincoln Memorial is a building in Washington D.C. that opened in 1922. It was built to commemorate Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. The memorial stands over the Reflecting Pool, it is one of the main attractions. The best way to approach the memorial is from the east, by the Washington Monument and the National World War II Memorial. The Lincoln Memorial is open 24 hours a day, every day of the year. The structure is 190 feet long, 120 feet wide, 99 feet tall, and was made with Colorado-Yule marble. One of the most famous speeches ever was given at the Lincoln Memorial. On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have A Dream Speech" on the Lincoln Memorial in front of a crowd of almost 250,000 people.

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-Aaron
The Newseum is a museum about the 1st amendment. The Newseum talks about journalism and how the press plays a role in day to day life. It also promotes the free expression of people and allowing them to be themselves. The Newseum has done work with many organizations like the Girl Scouts or Family Pride which is an organization that promotes the well being of LGBTQ+ individuals. The museum is also includes some of the actual Berlin wall that came down in November 1991. The Newseum is also an interactive museum and it is also interactive. The museum was founded in April 18, 1997. The founders are  John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Annenberg Foundation. The person who design the building was  James Polshek.

This is a video of what you can expect if you go inside: https://youtu.be/hqEMHsGY_SE

This is what the building looks like from the outside.

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sam
the Jefferson memorial is a memorial to remember the Jefferson for all that they have done for the U.S  it was Established: April 13, 1943

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- Will Gladstone
This was the site of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. The theater was later used as a warehouse and office building, and in 1893 part of it collapsed, causing 22 deaths. It was renovated and re-opened as a theater in 1968. During the 2000s, it was renovated again, opening on February 12, 2009, in commemoration of the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth. A related Center for Education and Leadership museum experience opened February 12, 2012 next to Petersen House.

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- Lachlan Sutton
This memorial is located near the Lincoln memorial, on the National mall in Washington Dc. It was dedicated on July 27 1995. It was designed and constructed by private contributions. The memorial commemorates the sacrifices of 5.8 million Americans who served in the U.S army during the three year period of the Korean war. roughly 36,574 Americans died because of hostile actions in the Korean war theaters. One of the most famous aspects of this memorial, is the mural wall designed by Louis Nelson, which is 41 panels of engraved black granite extending 164 feet. The pool of remembrance circles a wall which has every man missing in action, wounded in action, and killed in action. This is numerically ordered like the Vietnam memorial.  The United nations wall, is on the left of the mural wall, and has the names of the 22 nations who aided the United nations in the Korean war. This was made to respect the wonded, killed and missing within the Korean war

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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in D.C. is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust. It is located adjacent to the National Mall. The USHMM was made for the documentation, study, and interpretation of the history surrounding the Holocaust history. It is dedicated to helping prevent further genocide, promote human dignity, and strengthen democracy. The current exhibitions at the Holocaust Museum are The Holocaust, which is a permanent exhibition, offers a chronological narrative of the Holocaust through primary and secondary sources. Another exhibition is  Americans and the Holocaust,  shows how the Depression, isolationism, xenophobia, racism, and antisemitism shaped  American societies responses to Nazism and the Holocaust.

Another exhibit named American Witnesses shows the young Americans serving in the US military and how they encountered the Nazi concentration camps.
Finally the last exhibit is Remember the Children: Daniel’s Story, is the Museum’s primary exhibition program for young people and their families.

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-Lachlan Sutton
This is a two acre Us memorial in Washington Dc , which honors united states service members of the Vietnam war. The memorial consists of three parts: the Vietnam veterans memorial wall, the three soldiers, and the Vietnam women's memorial. The Vietnam veterans memorial wall is the best known, and was built first. The names of every man classified dead, is inscribed upon this wall. The three parts of this memorial were made to represent the loss of lives during the Vietnam war, and to praise the men and women that died for the United states. This was built and dedicated on March 26 1982.

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- Max Boni

The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol Building, is the home of the United States Congress and the seat of the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. It is located on Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The original building was completed in 1800 and was subsequently expanded, particularly with the addition of the massive dome, and expanded chambers for the House of Representatives in the south wing and the Senate in the north wing

This video shows inside of the building:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ8hiMTCdzA

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-Anderson Lynch
The Iwo Jima Memorial was opened on November 10th, 1954. The memorial is in honor and memory of all the members of the United States Marine Corps that have given their life to protect our country. The memorial is a depiction of the historic image of the United States Marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima after recapturing the island from Japanese control. The memorial is 78 feet high and has a 60 foot bronze flag pole which flies an American Flag 24 hours a day 365 days a year.

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-Reagan Huber
The Marine Corps Museum is located in the United States Marine Corps Historical Museum in Triangle, Virginia near MCB, Quantico. It was opened on November 10, 2006. The Marine Corps museum is a long-lasting tribute to soldiers from the present and the past. Also, it uses interactive exhibits to teach the public about the Marine Corps and what the battlefield is like now and back then.

VIDEO:
https://youtu.be/DlgkLYuJ2A0