The Washington Monument is located at the west end of the National Mall in Washington, DC, and honors the first President of the United States, George Washington (1732-1799). It is a tall, four-sided stone structure called an obelisk, and it is modeled …

The Abraham Lincoln Memorial is on the National Mall in Washington, DC; it is located south of the White House, west of the Washington Monument, and close to the banks of the Potomac River. It honors Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), the sixteenth President of …

Located in Washington, DC, the Supreme Court Building is directly east of the U.S. Capitol Building and is just north of the Library of Congress’s Jefferson Building. Since it is the highest court of the land, it is often used as a symbol of the judicial …

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is located in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It was sculpted by Gutzon Borglum and his son, Lincoln Borglum. The rock carving depicts the faces of four U.S. Presidents, from left to right: George Washington (1732-1799); …

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is located in Washington, DC, on the banks of the Potomac Tidal Basin and next to the Potomac River. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was our third President (1801-1809) and one of our Nation’s Founding Fathers. Jefferson was the …