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How much money did it cost to restore Union Station?

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Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

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He painted “The Apotheosis of Washington” inside the capital?

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?

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What is the name of the headquarters for the national armed forces?

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Pentagon

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Where is Pierre Charles L’Endant buried?

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Arlington cemetery in front of the Lee Mansion

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How many names are inscribed on the Vietnam Memorial Wall?

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Approximately 58,280

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This war memorial depicts soldiers on patrol along with a wall that depicts veterans from that war?

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The Korean War memorial

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What is the name of the statue on top of the Capitol Building?

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Statue of Freedom

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What is the corporate headquarters for Amtrak?

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The Union Station

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How many acres make up Arlington cemetery?

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Approximately 624 acres

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In what order o the Vietnam Memorial are the names inscribed?

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By the year they were killed

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Once the US Government confiscated Arlington, what did they use it for?

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Cemetery

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This was memorial is in honor of the thousands of marines who lost their lives to take the South Pacific Islands from the Japanese?

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Iwojima

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Writing from this document can be found engraved in the walls of the Jefferson Memorial?

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Deceleration of Independence

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Which word means building: Capitol or Capital

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Capitol

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Why does the capital city lie in a diamond shape?

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Each point is toward a cardinal direction

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True or False: Martha Washington’s great grandson was the owner of present day Arlington?

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True

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How tall is the Jefferson Memorial from floor to head?

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25 ft

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Where would one find George Washington’s false teeth on display?

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The American History Muesum

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How tall is the Statue of Freedom?

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19.5 ft

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Sixty-five thousand visitors pass through the doors of this place daily?

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The Union Station

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George Curtis inherited Arlington from his father. The daughter of Mr.Custis married who?

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Robert E. Lee

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What fort was being bombed when the Star Spangled Banner was being written? Also, what war was this in?

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McHenry, Maryland and the War of 1812

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What body of water does the Jefferson Memorial overlook?

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Title Bass Basin

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In Arlington, he has a simple white cross to his memory?

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Booby Kinedy(Robert)

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Where would one find the Hope Diamond on display?

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Natural History Muesum

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What drama was Lincoln watching when he was shot?

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“Our American Cousin”

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What are the original dimensions of the capital city?

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10 miles by 10 miles

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Over what issue did the government confiscate Arlington?

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The Civil War

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What portrait was saved from the White House by Dolly Madison during the War of 1812?

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Portrait of George Washington painted by Gilbert Stuart

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This ship’s anchor and mast can be seen at Arlington?

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USS Maine

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What type of tree was given by the Japanese to Washington, D.C.?

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Cherry Tree

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What river runs through the capital city?

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The Potomac River

33
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Who shot Lincoln?

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John Wilks Booth

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How w many sides is the building of the US Pentagon?

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5

35
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What I’d the Lee Custis Mansion in Arlington called today?

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Arlington Mansion

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How many steps do the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider take?

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21 steps

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What is the name of the elephant found in the middle of the Natural History Museum?

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Jumbo

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Where would one find dinosaur fossils displayed?

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Natural History Museum

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He was the chief engineer to design the capital city?

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Pierce Charles L’Enfant

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What is the name of the theater where Lincoln was shot?

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Fords theater on tenth street

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Which two presidents are buried in Arlington?

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William Howard Tapp and John F. Kinedy

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What wars are represented at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider?

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WW1,WW2, Korea

43
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Which Smithsonian Museum is the most heavily attended?

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Air and Space

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Who sold his personal library to congress to restart the library of congress?

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Thomas Jefferson

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During what World War was the Pentagon built?

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World War II

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How many flags surrounded the Washington Monument?

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50 flags, one for each state

47
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The name of the dome on the Capitol building is?

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Rotunda-180 ft

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What is the name of the house where Lincoln died?

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Peterson House

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This presidential Memorial is 5 acres long and is divided into sections according to his four terms as U.S. presidents?

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Franklin D. Roosevelt; our 32nd president

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He laid the cornerstone of the Capitol building?

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George Washington

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How tall is the Washington Monument?

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555.5 ft tall

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Where would one go to see the original clothing and personal possessions that Lincoln was carrying the day he was shot?

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Ford’s theatre Museum

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This memorial consists of 36 columns, one for each state that was preserved in the Union and a statue of the President who preserved the union?

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The Lincoln Memorial

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What year did congress move to Washington, D.C.?

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1800

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Prior to moving to D.C., what city was the temporary capital city?

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Philadelphia

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Where would one find the Gutenberg Bible, famous speeches, and the copy right office of Washington,D.C.?

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The Library of Congress( Neptun’s Fountion)

57
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Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?

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Francise Scott

58
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Where will one find the history of man’s flight on display?

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Air and Space Museum

59
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What states gave land to form D.C.?

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Virginia and Maryland

60
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What was going on in our country that stopped the construction of the Washington Monument?

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The Civil War

61
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How many Statues is each state allowed to have in Statuary Hall?

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?

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Where would one go to see the original Star Spangled Banner flag?

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U.S. History museum

63
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What street will one not find in Washington D.C.?

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J street

64
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The construction of the Washington Monument stopped at this point for 25 years?

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150 ft mark

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In what wing of the Capitol building does the House of Representatives meet?

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The left side

66
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How many seconds does it take for the elevator to get to the top of the Washington Monument?

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70 seconds

67
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The Capitol building was torched during which war?

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War of 1812

68
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Whose Memorial is a 30 feet sculpture made from white granite and opened in 2011?

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?

69
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The World War II Memorial is most well known for what feature found in its center?

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Water fountions

70
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What museum is dedicated to the memory of six million Jews who were systematically killed during World War II?

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The Holocaust

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Who was the first Postmaster General and has a statue in front of the Old Post Office Pavillion?

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Benjamin Franklin

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