Monuments & Memorials
The height of this monument is 555 feet and 5 1/8 inches.
What is the Washington Monument?
This former president supposedly had a tomb in the Capitol, though his body is elsewhere.
Who is George Washington?
This river forms Washington D.C.'s border with Virginia.
What is the Potomac River?
The US Capitol is home to the House of Representatives and this other Congressional body.
What is the Senate?
This type of tree was given to D.C. from Japan as a gift of friendship in 1912.
What are the Cherry Trees?
This round memorial sits along the Tidal Basin and has a statue of the third American president standing in a long coat.
What is the Jefferson Memorial?
This president was the first to live in the White House.
Who is John Adams?
These two states donated land to form the District of Columbia.
What are Maryland and Virginia?
Although Washington has had a locally elected mayor and a 13-member council since 1973, technically this political body maintains supreme authority over the city and may overturn local laws.
What is Congress?
This building was burned by the British in the War of 1812.
What is the Capitol?
87 steps lead from a pool up to this monument.
What is the Lincoln Memorial?
This island was renamed from Mason's Island to the name of America's 26th president in the 1930s with miles of trails through the natural forest to honor his conservation efforts.
What is Theodore Roosevelt Island?
This D.C. professional hockey team is captained by Alex Ovechkin, who holds the NHL's all-time regular-season goal record with 929 goals.
What is the Washington Capitals?
Held in the U.S. Capitol's House Chamber, this annual speech is typically given by the President of the United States.
What is the State of the Union Address?
This D.C. place is famous for being the site of Lincoln's assassination.
What is Ford's Theatre?
This memorial is a large circular structure with no roof.
What is the World War II Memorial?
At the end of the National Mall sits the Capitol building where this former President died.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
This species of songbird is Washington D.C.'s official bird.
What is the Wood Thrush?
This Cabinet Department's headquarters is the only one not located within D.C..
This was the US capital city before Washington D.C..
What is Philadelphia?
From this memorial up high on a hill, you can get a great view of the Capitol, Lincoln Memorial, and Washington Monument.
What is the Iwo Jima Memorial?
At the foot of the Capitol lawn, there is a memorial to this US President, dedicated in 1922.
Who is Ulysses Grant?
This is the official flower of Washington D.C..
What is the American Beauty Rose?
The District of Columbia gets this many electoral votes for presidential elections.
What is 3 electoral votes?
Washington D.C. became the nation's capitol in this year.
What is 1790?