Washington DC is our nation's capital. There are lots places to see in Washington DC: White House, Arlington National Cemetery, Library of Congress, Capital Hill, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Georgetown, Smithsonian, National Mall, National Gallery of Art, etc.
To visit Washington DC, you must have a good health and a pair of good legs.
We started our visiting with White House on our first day. In order to get in White House, we can not bring anything with us except our identification cards. After an hour of waiting and ID checking 3 times, we finally got in the east wing of the White House. We went through hall of rooms with pictures on the wall. We were out of White House about 30 minutes after we got in.
Library of Congress is a very nice to visit. The library has lots lots books and other possessions such as paintings, music instruments, monographs and serials, music, bound newspapers, pamphlets, technical reports, and other printed material, etc. I also learned that every citizen in the United States is eligible to apply a library card from the Library of Congress.
Arlington National Cemetery is located in State of Virginia and is a military cemetery in the United States of America. In an area of 624 acres, veterans and military casualties from each of the nation's wars are interred in the cemetery, ranging from the American Civil War through to the military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq. It is the place that we honor our national heros.
Monticello is a historical site just outside Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. It was the estate of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence, third President of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia.
The house, which Jefferson himself designed, is situated on the summit of an 850-foot (260 m)-high peak in the Southwest Mountains south of the Rivanna Gap. Its name comes from the Italian "little mountain." Jefferson hated to waste time. Each room in the house has a clock. He also designed a clock which can tell you what day of the week.
We also visited Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, DC Department of the Treasury to learn how U.S. currency is printed, stacked, cut and examined for defects.
Can you guess what was the largest denomination on a paper currency that was printed in the United. States? The answer is $100,000. Can you guess who portrait is on the $100,000 bill? The answer is Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United. States.
National Archives is the place that holds the records of the United States federal government. National Archives holds the records for every single citizen of the United States of America. Very impressive.
Washington DC has many many museums. You can spend days just visiting the museums.
Washington DC is a wonderful place tovisit and to learn the American history.
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