1. Washington DC is located between which two states? _________________________________________________
Mt. Vernon, VA 2. In what state is Mt. Vernon located? ____________________ 3. What president lived at Mt. Vernon? ____________________
Day 2
4. What is the name of the river that you can see from the Mt. Vernon Home? _____________________________________
5. Who is buried alongside George Washington? ____________
Day 3 6. How many terms did Washington serve as president? _______
7. The key hanging inside the home is a gift from ____________ from what country____________________________ ? Why is it there?_________________________________________
Thomas Jefferson Memorial 1. How tall is the statue of Thomas Jefferson? _______________
2. What material was used to construct the statue?____________
3. Thomas Jefferson was the first _________________________ second ____________________________________________ And third __________________________________________
4. What building is Thomas Jefferson looking towards from the memorial? _________________________________________
5. Thomas Jefferson was the author of what document? ______ __________________________________________________
Washington Monument 1. How tall is the Washington Monument? _________________
2. What is the shape of the monument? ____________________
3. How many flags surround the base of the monument? ______
4. Why does the monument have two different colors of stones? __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________
5. What is the tip of the monument made of and what is written on it? _____________________________________________ __________________________________________________
Lincoln Memorial
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
1. What number president was Abraham Lincoln? ___________
1. How many sections (rooms) does the memorial contain? ____
2. What is the name of the document that Lincoln issued, freeing
the slaves? ________________________________________ 3. What number president was FDR? ______________________
3. What is the name of the document engraved on the north wall of the monument? _________________________________
4. What is the name of the document engraved on the south wall
4. Who was the first woman to hold the position of ambassador to the United Nations? ______________________________ 5. What was the name of FDR’s dog? _____________________
of the monument? __________________________________
5. How many steps are there up to the memorial and what is the significance of that number? __________________________
Natural History Museum 1. What is the name of the world’s largest cut diamond? ______ __________________________________________________
6. What was the name of the Civil Rights leader that gave the famous “I have a dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial? _________________________________
2. What was your favorite exhibit? _______________________ __________________________________________________
The White House 1. What is the address of the White House? ________________
The Capitol 1. What is the name of the statue on the top of the dome? _________________________________________________
2. Who was the first President to live in the White House? _________________________________________________
2. What year was the dome completed and what was happening in the United States at that time? ______________________
3. What is the name given to the largest room in the White House? ___________________________________________
4. What is the name of the park just north of the White House? _________________________________________________
3. What material was the dome constructed of? _____________
4. What two large groups of people meet in the Capitol building? Northside_________________________________________
5. What is that park dedicated to?
______________________
Southside _________________________________________ 5. How many statues from each state are on display in the
6. What church is across the street from the park? ___________
Capitol? ____________ 6. Which statue from Florida is located in Statuary Hall and
7. Why is it important? ________________________________
8. What two buildings are to the east and west of the White
what did he invent? _________________________________
7. What was Statuary Hall originally used for?______________
House?___________________________________________ 8. What does the statement “lie in state” mean? _____________ 9. What is the name of the Guest house for the White house and what color is it?________________________________
9. Name one president who had “Lie in State” in the capitol rotunda? __________________________________________
Supreme Court 1. How many judges are there on the Supreme Court? ________
Vietnam Veterans Memorial 1. Approximately how many names appear on the wall? __________________________________________________
2. Where did the Supreme Court meet prior to the completion of the current building in 1935___________________________
2. What material was used to construct the Vietnam Veterans Memorial? ________________________________________
3. Who is the only president that served on the Supreme Court? __________________________________________________
3. What is the name of the person who designed the wall? __________________________________________________
4. How long is the term of a Supreme Court justice? ________ 4. How are the names arranged? _________________________ 5. What four words are inscribed over the entrance to the Supreme Court building? _____________________________
Smithsonian Museum - Air and Space 1. The name of the first American in space? _______________
5. What does the diamond/cross indicate? __________________ __________________________________________________
6. What is the name of the name of the Air Force First Lieutenant that died in the Vietnam War and was originally
2. The name of the first American to orbit the earth? _________________________________________________
buried in the “Tomb of the Unknowns” at Arlington National Cemetery? __________________________Did you find his name on the wall? _____
3. The name of the first airplane _________________________ 4. Who flew the first airplane?__________________________________________
7. What are the names of the two statues at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial? _________________________________
Korean War Veterans Memorial
World War II Memorial
1. How many countries from the United Nations sent troops in
1. How many stars are on the wall and what do they represent?
defense of South Korea?______________________________
2. How many stainless steel statues are depicted? ____________
3. Name two emotions that you can see on the faces of the soldiers. ___________________________________________ 4. What is the significance of the 38th parallel? ______________ __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________ 2. What do the 56 granite columns represent? __________________________________________________ 3. Who was Kilroy? ___________________________________
Ford’s Theater 1. The name of the person who assassinated Abraham Lincoln was ______________________________________________ 2. What was the occupation of his assassin? ________________
5. What animal can be found engraved on the wall? __________ 3. What was the name of the play he was watching? __________ 6. What does the inscription “Freedom is not Free” mean to you? __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________ 4. Where did Abraham Lincoln die? ______________________
__________________________________________________ 6. After Lincoln was shot his assassin jump from Lincoln’s booth to the stage. What did he yell out on the stage floor? _________________________________________________
Questions for your tour guide:
What are the three branches of Government?
Why do we have three branches?
To My parents and teachers: Thanks for sending me on this trip. I will never forget:
Briefly describe what each branch does. 1.
2.
3.
What memorial is this?
What Memorial is this?
What building is this?
Arlington National Cemetery
7. What are the names of the two spacecraft memorials? ______ __________________________________________________
1. Name the two presidents that are buried in Arlington National Cemetery? _________________________________________
2. Whose house is located at Arlington Cemetery? ___________ __________________________________________________ 3. During what war was Arlington Cemetery established?______ __________________________________________________
8. Which president’s grave is marked by the eternal flame? __________________________________________________
9. When this President visited Arlington National Cemetery just a short time before he was assassinated he made a comment to his guide that led to his burial at Arlington. What was that comment? _________________________________________
4. What location is protected 24 hours every day by the honor guard? ____________________________________________
10. What is the name of his brother that was assassinated while running for president and buried nearby? _________________
5. Who does this location represent and why do we honor them? __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________
6. In what state is Arlington National Cemetery located? ______ __________________________________________________
11. How many acres is Arlington Cemetery and about how many are buried there? ____________________________________
12. Name three requirements to be buried at Arlington Cemetery. __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________
