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| THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY HOUSES 120 MILLION ARTIFACTS. AS YOU WALK INTO THE MUSEUM YOU WILL SEE AN 8 TON 13FT ELEPHANT. |
| PRESIDENT WASHINGTON WAS NOT THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO LIVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE. THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO LIVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE WAS JOHN ADAMS. |
| ALONG THE WALK OF THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL YOU WILL SEE 24 BRONZE RELIEF PANELS DEPICTING AMERICA'S WAR YEARS. 56 PILLARS ENCIRCLE THE MEMORIAL. GENEROUS OPENINGS HAVE BEEN LEFT TO ALLOW THE UNITERRUPTED VIEW FROM THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL TO THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. |
| DO YOU KNOW??? |
| IN 1783 THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT STARTED CONSTRUCTION BUT IT WAS NOT FINISHED FOR 105 YEARS IN 1888. IT REACHES 555 FT STRAIGHT UP AND MADE OF MARBLE. |