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INDEX
1297 Magna Carta.................................. 47
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue....................... 8
1623 Shakespeare First Folio................... 25
16th Street Meridian............................... 36
1787 Constitutional Convention................ 29
1814 Battle of Baltimore......................... 27
1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition... 16
1887 Army Medical Museum.................. 31
1932 Pulitzer Prize for history.................. 38
1976 U.S. bicentennial............................ 59
20 U.S.C. § 41 (Ch. 178, Sec. 1, 9 Stat. 102)..... 67
54th pew................................................ 65
911 Memorial.................................... 10, 96
A Campaign to Remember...................... 32
A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust 49
Abigail Adams......................................... 9
ABMC............................................. 87, 91
Abraham Lincoln......................... 16, 26, 77
Abramson Family Recital Hall................. 38
Accommodations.................................... 89
Act of Incorporation............................... 77
Actors Equity performers........................ 55
Adams Memorial.................................... 11
Admiral Chester Nimitz........................... 33
Admiral David Dixon Porter.................... 60
Adolph Alexander Weinman.................... 60
Adolph Hitler.......................................... 32
Affiliate Museum.................................... 49
Afghanistan............................................ 15
African American Family Celebration...... 69
African American historical..................... 12
African American Memorial.................... 11
African art and culture............................ 51
Air Force Memorial...................... 10, 11, 61
Air Force Memorial from I-395............... 96
Air Force Thunderbirds........................... 77
Albert Einstein Memorial......................... 11
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). 75
Alexander Hamilton........................... 13, 75
Alexander McIlvaine.............................. 31
Alexandria Canal.................................... 19
Alexandria, Virginia................................ 90
Alfred B. Mullett.................................... 58
Alzheimer’s............................................. 7
Amedeo Modigliani................................. 38
American Airlines Flight 77..................... 10
American Architectural Foundation.......... 57
American art sales.................................. 66
American Bald Eagle.............................. 13
American Battle Monuments Commission 87, 91
American Civil War................................ 19
American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors 32
American History Museum..................... 12
American Indian cultures........................ 53
American Memory Website.................... 43
American Nurses Association................. 56
American Red Cross.............................. 57
American Revolution......................... 13, 15
American Revolution records.................. 48
American Revolutionary War.................. 38
American University Museum................. 38
America's Castles................................... 13
Amherst College..................................... 25
Amtrak.................................................. 76
Amtrak Train......................................... 98
Anacostia............................................... 28
Anacostia Museum................................. 12
Analostan island..................................... 73
Anderson House..................................... 13
Anderson Ruffin Abbott.......................... 26
Andrew Ellicott...................................... 36
Andrew Jackson Downing...................... 41
Andrew W. Mellon................................. 49
Andy Warhol.................................... 38, 49
Angel Fire, New Mexico.................... 82, 83
Anita Newcomb McGee......................... 56
Ann Pamela Cunningham........................ 46
Anne Fairfax.......................................... 46
Apache.................................................. 37
Apalachicola.......................................... 73
Apollo.................................................... 76
Apotheosis of Washington....................... 18
Appendix A............................................ 91
Aquarium.......................................... 13, 14
Arbremont............................................. 31
Arch of Constantine................................ 76
Archdiocese of Washington..................... 66
Archimedes............................................ 76
Archivist................................................ 47
Arena Stage........................................... 14
Arleigh Burke Theater............................ 79
Arlington Cemetery...................... 30, 60, 61
Arlington House..................................... 64
Arlington Memorial Amphitheater............ 15
Arlington National Cemetery... 14, 56, 64, 75
Army Air Corp....................................... 56
Army Corp of Engineers......................... 20
Army Nurse Corps................................. 56
Army’s Office of Strategic Services........ 62
Arthur M Sackler Gallery........................ 15
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery....................... 66
Arts and Industries Building..................... 16
Ascent Into Heaven................................ 65
ATF...................................................... 75
Augustine Washington............................ 46
Augustus Saint-Gaudens......................... 11
Baltimore & Potomac Railroad................ 34
Barns at Wolf Trap................................. 87
Baron von Steuben................................. 41
Bartholdi Park........................................ 17
Batestown.............................................. 62
BATFE.................................................. 75
Baths of Diocletian................................. 76
Battle of Fort Stevens........................ 16, 65
Battle of York.......................................... 8
Battleground National Cemetery... 16, 65, 69
Battles of Bull Run................................. 45
Beatrix Farrand...................................... 24
Beautiful Fragrance................................ 69
Beaux-Arts style.................................... 21
Bell Tower............................................. 34
Bells of Congress................................... 59
Benjamin and Vladka Meed.................... 32
Benjamin Franklin................................... 18
Benjamin Harrison.................................. 65
Benjamin Henry Latrobe..................... 8, 23
Benjamin Latrobe................................... 65
Best Western Motel................................ 90
Bike riding.............................................. 98
Bill Clinton........................................ 41, 42
Bill McElroy............................................. 7
Bill of Rights.......................................... 47
Black Jack............................................. 37
Blair House.............................................. 9
Blue Room............................................... 9
BNDD................................................... 22
Bobby Kennedy...................................... 36
Botanic Gardens..................................... 16
Boudin................................................... 41
Bourbon Bell.......................................... 64
Brother Francis C. Schroen..................... 30
Buddhist art............................................ 29
Buffalo Soldiers...................................... 37
Bunker Hill Monument dedication............ 21
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms 75
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 75
Bureau of Engraving and Printing....... 17, 75
Bureau of Fisheries................................. 13
Bureau of Indian Affairs.................... 54, 78
Bureau of Labor Statistics....................... 55
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs 22
Butterfly of Peace.................................. 52
Byzantine studies.................................... 24
C & O canal.......................................... 30
Cabin Branch Pyrite Mine....................... 62
Cabinet Room.......................................... 8
Calder.................................................... 31
California Patients Group and Hollywood Compassionate Collective 22
Calvin Coolidge...................................... 71
Canada's Parliament Buildings................... 8
Capital Mall............................................ 18
Capitol Building................................. 16, 18
Capitol Reflecting Pond........................... 17
Capitol Stone.......................................... 36
Capitol Visitor Center............................. 18
Captain Randolph Brandt........................ 73
Carlyle House........................................ 19
Carrara marble....................................... 39
CASVA................................................. 49
Catherine Filene Shouse.......................... 87
CATO Institute...................................... 22
CCC...................................................... 62
Cedar Hill house..................................... 28
Center for the Advanced Study in the Visual Arts 49
Central Intelligence Agency.................... 42
Ceres..................................................... 76
Certificate of Authenticity....................... 66
Cézanne................................................. 41
Chandra Levy's...................................... 64
Changing of the Guard....................... 15, 74
Chantilly, VA......................................... 67
Charles A. Platt...................................... 29
Charles F. Mercer boat........................... 20
Charles H. Niehaus................................ 38
Charles J. Guiteau.................................. 34
Charles Lang Freer................................. 29
Charles Wilkes....................................... 16
Chechnya............................................... 32
Cherry Blossom festival.......................... 89
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.................... 19
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park 59
Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase................ 80
Chief Justice William Rehnquist............... 66
Children's Garden................................... 17
Children's Museum................................. 19
Chopawamsic Recreational Demonstration Area 62
Christmas Pageant of Peace................... 71
Christopher and Rachel Layman.............. 59
Cincinnati............................................... 81
Circuit Judges Act of 1869...................... 80
Citizens Against Government Waste as the 'Monument to Waste'. 18
Citizenship oath...................................... 20
Civil War.......................... 26, 46, 54, 73, 84
Civil War dead....................................... 15
Civil War Sailors Monument.................... 60
Civilian Conservation Corps..................... 62
Claude Monet................................... 49, 72
Clock tower........................................... 58
Clover Hooper Adams............................ 11
Coal transportation.................................. 19
Coast and Geodetic Survey..................... 36
Code of Federal Regulations.................... 15
Coins..................................................... 17
Col. John Tayloe III................................ 57
College of Art and Design....................... 21
Colonnades.............................................. 8
Columbia Island................................. 45, 56
Commission of Fine Arts......................... 87
Committee on Conscience....................... 32
Commuter Connections........................... 98
Computers in White House....................... 9
Comte de Rochambeau........................... 41
Concert Hall........................................... 40
Concorde............................................... 47
Confederate records............................... 48
Confederation......................................... 27
Congress................................................ 91
Congress of Alexandria........................... 19
Congressional Research Service.............. 42
Conservation and Research Center.......... 69
Constantino Brumidi................................ 18
Constitution............................................ 47
Constitution Gardens.................... 20, 23, 63
Constructed by, White House.................... 8
Continental Army or Navy...................... 13
Contrabands........................................... 27
Corcoran Gallery.................................... 21
Court of Claims...................................... 63
Court-packing Plan................................. 80
Crane Monument.................................... 50
CreateSpace.......................................... 48
Creches................................................. 48
Cree Indians........................................... 37
Crypt..................................................... 18
C-SPAN................................................ 30
Cultural Resources Center...................... 53
Cumberland, Maryland............................ 19
D.C. Armory.......................................... 23
Dallas, Texas......................................... 36
Daniel Chester French............................ 43
Daniel Koshland..................................... 45
Daniel Webster Memorial....................... 21
DAR..................................................... 21
DAR Museum........................................ 21
Darfur................................................... 32
Datalantic.............................................. 82
Daughters of the American..................... 21
David and Carmen Kreeger.................... 41
Davis Buckley........................................ 51
Days of the Week for............................. 90
DC Rollergirls........................................ 23
DC waterfront........................................ 14
DEA Museum........................................ 22
Decatur House....................................... 23
Declaration of Independence................... 47
Declaration of Independence Memorial 20, 23
Defenders of Wildlife.............................. 79
Delacroix............................................... 21
Delos A. Blodgett................................... 31
Demand Notes....................................... 17
Democrat National Committee................ 85
Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service 79
Department of Commerce....................... 13
Department of Commerce headquarters... 86
Department of Foreign Affairs................ 80
Department of Homeland Security........... 75
Department of Justice............................. 25
Department of the Interior....................... 14
Department of the Treasury.................... 75
Department of Veterans’ Affairs....... 13, 14
Discovery Theater.................................. 16
Distillery................................................ 46
District of Columbia Mail Depot.............. 58
District of Columbia War Memorial......... 24
Ditchley Foundation................................ 59
DNC..................................................... 85
Dolley Madison...................................... 22
Don Juan de Onate................................. 81
Donald W. Reynolds Center.................... 54
Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture. 68
Douglas W. Orr...................................... 64
Dr. Isaac Lea......................................... 52
Dr. Lonnie G. Bunch.............................. 51
Dr. S. M. Johnson.................................. 88
Dr. William Beanes................................ 27
Dr. William Thornton.............................. 76
Drug Enforcement Administration............ 22
Drug Policy Alliance............................... 22
Dumbarton Oaks............................... 24, 30
Dumbarton Oaks Park............................ 65
Dumbo ride car...................................... 52
Duncan Phillips....................................... 72
DuPont Circle........................................ 72
Dwight D. Eisenhower...................... 34, 57
Dwight Watson...................................... 20
Earl Jones.............................................. 14
East and West wings................................ 8
Easter Egg Roll...................................... 71
Easter Monday....................................... 69
Easter Sunrise Service............................ 35
Eastern Piedmont forest.......................... 62
Eateries................................................. 90
Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy... 14
Edgar Degas..................................... 21, 72
Edith Bolling Wilson................................ 87
Edmund Amateis.................................... 81
Edward Durrell Stone............................. 39
Edward Fitzgerald Beale......................... 23
Edward I................................................ 47
Edward Stabler....................................... 70
EEOB.................................................... 57
Einhorn Yaffee Prescott......................... 38
Einstein Memorial................................... 30
Eisenhower Executive Office Building..... 57
Eisenhower theatre................................. 40
Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis.................... 70
Eleanor Roosevelt................................... 27
Elizabeth A. Kasser Wing....................... 54
Elizabeth Dole........................................ 76
Elizabeth Howard................................... 27
Ellipse Meridian Stone............................. 36
Embassy Row........................................ 38
Emergency Relief and Civil Works Administration 39
Emily Jordan Folger................................ 25
Endangered species................................ 78
Energy production................................... 78
Enola Gay.............................................. 47
Epstein................................................... 41
Eric Gugler............................................. 74
Erie Canal.............................................. 19
Ernesto Begni del Piatta.......................... 56
Eternal flame.......................................... 36
Ex-CIA personnel................................... 33
Executive Mansion................................... 8
F.R. Leyland.......................................... 29
Faith, Hope, and Charity.......................... 83
Fala....................................................... 27
Family Theater....................................... 40
FAST.................................................... 22
Father of the Navy................................. 38
Faye B. Harwell..................................... 29
FBI Building........................................... 25
FDR waterfalls....................................... 28
Federal Bureau of Investigation............... 25
Federal Fish Commission......................... 13
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 75
Felix de Weldon...................................... 34
Fichandler Stage..................................... 14
Filene Center.......................................... 87
Filene Foundation of Boston.................... 40
Finance the terror organizations............... 22
First Baptist Church of Washington.......... 26
First Battle of Bull Run........................... 70
First children's room................................ 68
First Ladies Water Garden...................... 17
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt................... 39
First Lady Helen Herron Taft.................. 89
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy................ 39
First Lady Mamie Eisenhower................. 39
First Lieutenant David Westphall............. 82
First not-for-profit theater........................ 14
Fish and Wildlife Service......................... 14
Fish Market............................................ 90
Fishkill, New York.................................. 13
Folger Shakespeare Library..................... 25
Ford's Athenaeum.................................. 26
Ford's Theatre........................................ 26
Foreign affairs........................................ 80
Foreign-deployed Advisory and Support Teams 22
Fort DeRussy......................................... 64
Fort Lesley J. McNair............................. 74
Fort McHenry........................................ 27
Fort Myer, Virginia................................. 15
Fort Stevens................................ 16, 64, 69
Fort Ward (Virginia)............................... 26
Fort Ward Museum................................ 27
Frances Rich.......................................... 56
Francis Scott Key................................... 22
Francis Scott Key Memorial............... 27, 30
Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge......... 30
Frank Stella............................................ 38
Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial.............. 27
Franklin Roosevelt.................................. 35
Franklin Simmons................................... 60
Frédéric Bartholdi................................... 17
Frederick A. Canfield............................. 52
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site. 28
Frederick H. Brooke............................... 24
Frederick Hart........................................ 81
Frederick Vernon Coville........................ 79
Freedmen's Bureau records..................... 48
Freedom Wall......................................... 88
Freer..................................................... 15
Freer Gallery of Art..................... 29, 66, 67
French and Indian War........................... 19
French Navy.......................................... 13
Friendship Walk...................................... 31
Gaetano Trentanove............................... 21
Gail Turco................................................ 7
Gallery of Asian art................................ 15
Garden................................................... 24
Garfield vs. Hancock.............................. 34
Gaston Hall............................................ 30
Gemini 4 capsule.................................... 47
General Edward Braddock...................... 19
General George Washington.................... 84
General John Newton............................. 27
General Land Office............................... 78
General Robert E. Lee............................ 64
General Services Administration.............. 47
General Thomas J. Jackson..................... 45
General Vang Pao.................................. 42
George and Martha Washington.............. 76
George Bergstrom.................................. 60
George Gustav Heye Center................... 53
George H.W. Bush............................ 22, 71
George Hadfield..................................... 64
George Hewitt Myers............................. 70
George Mason........................................ 73
George Mason Memorial......................... 29
George Segal.......................................... 28
George Washington...................... 13, 55, 80
George Washington Custis Lee................ 64
George Washington Memorial Parkway 29, 59, 74
George Washington University graduation 71
Georgetown boat.................................... 20
Georgetown University........................... 30
Georgetown's Department of Classics...... 30
Georgia O'Keeffe.............................. 54, 67
German SS............................................. 32
Germans and the Russian........................ 32
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney................... 74
Getting there by Car, Bus or Train........... 98
Gettysburg Address................................ 44
Gibane Building Company....................... 47
Gilbert and Jaylee Mead.......................... 14
GlassCraft.............................................. 82
Glebe Road............................................ 90
Glenna Goodacre............................... 82, 83
Goddess of Democracy........................... 83
Good Roads Movement........................... 88
Google................................................... 48
Gothic.................................................... 48
Government officials............................... 90
GPS Coordinates.................................... 92
Grand Foyer........................................... 39
Grand masters........................................ 21
Grand Masters......................................... 8
Grand Old Ditch..................................... 19
Grandma Moses..................................... 54
Granite Sea............................................ 79
Great Depression.................... 27, 39, 58, 70
Great White Hope.................................. 14
Green Room............................................ 9
Greenpeace............................................ 79
Greenwich, England................................ 35
Greenwood gold mine............................. 62
Grief................................................. 11, 60
Grover's National Theatre....................... 55
Grover's Theatre.................................... 55
GSA...................................................... 47
Guidebook to White House........................ 9
Guinness Book of World Records............ 43
Gyo Obata............................................. 47
Hadelands crystal chandeliers.................. 39
Hall of Dinosaurs.................................... 53
Hall of Invention..................................... 52
Hannah.................................................... 7
Harry S Truman Building........................ 80
Harry Truman........................................ 58
Harvard University................................. 24
Harvey Corbett...................................... 56
Haskell Center....................................... 25
Healy Hall.............................................. 30
Hector Guimard...................................... 49
Heights of Buildings Act......................... 84
Helen Hayes.......................................... 55
Helen Hayes Award............................... 25
Helen Herron Taft.................................. 74
Henri Matisse......................................... 49
Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. 79
Henry Adam.......................................... 11
Henry Bacon.......................................... 43
Henry Clay............................................ 23
Henry Clay Folger.................................. 25
Henry Francis du Pont.............................. 9
Henry Hill Visitor Center........................ 45
Henry James Hungerford........................ 67
Henry Knox........................................... 13
Henry L. Stimson................................... 60
Henry Merwin Shrady............................ 81
Henry-Bonnard Company....................... 34
Herbert C. Hoover Building..................... 86
Herbert Hoover...................................... 27
Heroin................................................... 22
Heurich Brewery.................................... 14
Hickory Ridge........................................ 62
Highway Beautification Act.................... 44
Hillwood Museum and Gardens............... 31
Hippodrome Theatre............................... 14
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 31
History................................................... 60
history of landscape architecture.............. 24
Hmong troops......................................... 42
HMS Tonnant........................................ 27
HOB..................................................... 18
Hollywood, California.............................. 71
Holocaust............................................... 32
Holocaust Memorial Museum.................. 32
Holocaust Memorial Museum from I-395. 96
Homecoming II...................................... 73
Hoover Building...................................... 14
Hope Diamond....................................... 52
Horace W. Peaslee................................ 88
Horace W. Peaslee and Nathan C. Wyeth as associate architects. 24
Hornak.................................................. 21
House of Representatives....................... 18
House Office Building............................. 18
Hsing-Hsing........................................... 69
I Have a Dream................................ 43, 63
I.M. Pei................................................. 49
I-395........................................... 29, 90, 97
I–495..................................................... 97
I-95....................................................... 97
IMAX theatre........................................ 53
Indian Affairs......................................... 78
Indian art............................................... 29
Indian Treaty Room................................ 57
Information Security Oversight Office...... 47
Insect Zoo.............................................. 52
International Gallery................................ 66
International Spy Museum....................... 33
International System of Book Numbering. 43
Internet.............................................. 7, 51
Iraq....................................................... 15
Iron Curtain............................................ 14
Isaac Peirce........................................... 61
Isabel Weld Perkins................................ 13
ISBN..................................................... 43
Iwo Jima................................................ 33
Iwo Jima Memorial................. 30, 33, 34, 78
J. Edgar Hoover Building........................ 25
Jackson Pollock...................................... 49
Jacqueline Kennedy.................................. 9
James A. Garfield Monument............. 34, 60
James G. Blaine..................................... 34
James Hoban........................................... 8
James Ingo Freed................................... 32
James Monroe........................................ 70
James Polk....................................... 67, 78
James Renwick, Jr....................... 63, 67, 68
James Smithson................................. 67, 68
Jan Scruggs............................................ 82
Jan Vermeer.......................................... 49
Jane Alexander...................................... 14
Jane Arminda Delano............................. 56
Japanese................................................ 33
Japanese art........................................... 29
Jay Hall Carpenter.................................. 65
Jean Dubuffet........................................ 38
Jefferson Memorial........................... 35, 49
Jefferson Pier......................................... 35
Jefferson's birthday................................. 35
Jewish................................................... 32
Jewish Secretary of Commerce and Labor 59
JFK Burial Spot...................................... 36
Joan Miró............................................... 49
Joe Rosenthal......................................... 33
John A. Washington, Jr........................... 46
John Adams........................................... 42
John Adams Building.............................. 43
John Bull locomotive............................... 52
John Carlyle........................................... 19
John Carlyle Herbert............................... 19
John Devitt............................................. 82
John Ericsson National Memorial............. 37
John F. Kennedy Center......................... 21
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 39
John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame............... 15
John Fitch.............................................. 18
John Horrigan......................................... 74
John J. Pershing..................................... 37
John Jay................................................. 80
John Leadbeater..................................... 70
John Mason............................................ 73
John McShain................................ 9, 35, 61
John Parke Custis................................... 64
John Paul Jones Memorial....................... 38
John Quincy Adams Ward...................... 34
John Russell Pope........................ 22, 35, 49
John T. Ford........................................... 26
John Van Hook...................................... 28
John Washington.................................... 46
John Wilkes Booth.................................. 26
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company.......... 72
Joplin..................................................... 62
Joseph E. Davies.................................... 31
Joseph E. Widener.................................. 49
Joseph H. Hirshhorn............................... 31
Joseph Henry......................................... 68
Joseph McCarthy................................... 66
Joshua Peirce......................................... 61
Jubal A. Early........................................ 16
Judah P. Benjamin.................................. 23
Judicial Circuits Act................................ 80
Judiciary Act of 1789.............................. 80
Judiciary Square..................................... 51
Jules Guerin........................................... 43
Jungle room............................................ 17
Justice................................................... 60
Justice Felix Frankfurter.......................... 28
Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.................. 66
Kalorama neighborhood.......................... 70
Kandinsky.............................................. 41
Kaseman Beckman Advanced Strategies. 10
Kate Winslet.......................................... 74
Katzen Arts Center................................ 38
KC Jazz Club......................................... 40
Kennedy Center................................ 30, 39
Kennedy Institute of Ethics..................... 30
Kenneth E. Behring................................ 52
Killed the Postmaster.............................. 59
Kim Young Sam..................................... 41
King Kamehameha................................. 18
King Street Restaurants.......................... 90
King Street Seafood................................ 90
King Streets........................................... 19
King Victor Emanuel.............................. 81
Know-Nothing Party............................... 84
Korean art............................................. 29
Korean war............................................ 74
Korean War Veterans Memorial............. 40
Kreeger Museum................................... 41
Kreeger Theaters................................... 14
Lady Bird Johnson.................................. 44
Lady Bird Johnson Park.......................... 56
Lafayette Park............................. 41, 62, 71
Landmarks Society of Alexandria............ 70
Lansdowne............................................ 55
Laos Memorial.................................. 15, 42
Larry Rivers........................................... 38
Larz Anderson....................................... 13
Laura Bush............................................ 71
Lavinia Fontana’s Portrait of a Noblewoman...... 54
Lawrence Halpin.................................... 28
Lawrence Washington............................ 46
'Leaves of Grass' in his possession........... 54
Lee Harvey Oswald............................... 36
Lee Highway Association....................... 36
Legacy of the Punjab.............................. 53
Leonard Baskin...................................... 28
Leonard Bernstein.................................. 39
Leonardo da Vinci.................................. 49
Lessing J. Rosenwald............................. 49
Library of Congress........................... 42, 48
Lincoln Memorial.................... 20, 30, 43, 63
Lincoln Memorial from I-395................... 96
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool............ 63
Lincoln Park........................................... 36
Lincoln's birthday.................................... 44
Ling-Ling............................................... 69
Lithuanian shtetl of Eisiskes..................... 32
Little Hunting Creek............................... 46
Lobbyist................................................. 90
Lobmeyr crystal chandelier..................... 39
Lone Sailor............................................. 79
Lorraine Waxman Pearce......................... 9
Louis Nelson.......................................... 40
Louise Bourgeois.................................... 49
Luce Conservation Center....................... 67
Luce Foundation Center for American Art 68
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus................... 13
Lunder Conservation Center.................... 68
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove.. 44
Madison Memorial Building..................... 43
Magnetometer........................................ 18
Maillol.................................................... 31
Manassas National Battlefield Park......... 45
Manship................................................. 21
Mansion House...................................... 46
MARC.................................................. 76
Marc Chagall......................................... 38
Margaret Hammersley............................ 73
Marian Koshland.................................... 45
Marian Koshland Science Museum.......... 45
Marine Memorial.................................... 33
Marjorie Merriweather Post.................... 31
Marjorie Merriweather Post Foundation... 31
Mark Twain........................................... 58
Marquis de Lafayette.............................. 41
Mars...................................................... 60
Martha Custis Peter................................ 76
Martha Washington........................ 8, 14, 70
Martin Luther King............................ 43, 63
Martin Van Buren.................................. 23
Mary Anna (Curtis) Lee......................... 14
Mary Anna Randolph Custis.................... 64
Mary Tayloe Lloyd Key.......................... 22
Mason's Island....................................... 73
Mass in the Opera House........................ 39
Mavromichali......................................... 21
Maya Lin............................................... 81
Maya Lin's............................................. 72
Mayagüez incident.................................. 82
Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo.................. 89
McKim Mead & White........................... 52
Medical Marijuana.................................. 23
Mei Xiang.............................................. 69
Memorial Continental Hall....................... 22
Memorial Plaza...................................... 79
Meridian Hill.......................................... 36
Meridian Stone....................................... 36
Merrimack............................................. 37
METs.................................................... 22
Mexican Boundary Survey...................... 67
Mexican Punitive Expedition.................... 37
Mildred Washington................................ 46
Miles Lermam........................................ 32
Military Headquarters............................. 60
Millennium Stage.................................... 40
Ming Dynasty......................................... 29
Minister to France.................................. 80
Missing Man bomb burst......................... 77
Mlecular biologist.................................... 45
Mobile Enforcement Teams.................... 22
Monet............................................... 21, 41
Money................................................... 17
Monitor.................................................. 37
Montrose Park....................................... 65
'Monument to Waste'.............................. 18
Moore.................................................... 41
More and More...................................... 69
Mount Vernon................................... 30, 85
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union 46
Movies shot at Union Station................... 76
Moving Wall........................................... 82
Mr. Frederick Hart................................. 73
Mr. Patrick Healy................................... 30
Mt. Vernon............................................ 46
Munch................................................... 41
Munitions Building.................................. 60
Museum of History and Technology......... 52
Museums open at................................... 99
Nancy Hanks......................................... 58
Nancy Hanks Center.............................. 58
NARA................................................... 47
NAS................................................. 45, 77
NASM................................................... 47
Nathan C. Wyeth................................... 24
National Academy of Sciences................ 30
National Air and Space Museum........ 47, 53
National Anthem.................................... 27
National Aquarium.................................. 13
National Aquarium Society...................... 13
National Archives and Records Administration 47
National Archives building....................... 35
National Archives Establishment.............. 47
National Association of Colored Women's Clubs 28
National Capital Planning Commission...... 87
National Cathedral.................................. 48
National Cherry Blossom Festival....... 35, 89
National Christmas Tree......................... 71
National Collection of Fine Arts............... 68
National Cultural Center Act................... 39
National Endowment for the Arts............ 58
National Gallery of Art................. 35, 49, 68
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. 49
National Garden..................................... 17
National Gem and Mineral Collection....... 53
National Geodetic Survey benchmark....... 88
National Geographic............................... 50
National Geographic magazine................. 50
National Geographic Society.................... 21
National Herbarium................................ 16
National History Museum........................ 52
National Japanese American Memorial.... 50
National Law Enforcement Museum........ 50
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial 50
National Mall............................... 20, 30, 98
National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) 51
National Museum of African Art........ 15, 51
National Museum of American Art..... 52, 68
National Museum of American Arts........ 52
National Museum of American History 16, 52
National Museum of History and Technology 16
National Museum of Natural History.. 16, 52
National Museum of the American Indian 53
National Organization on Disability........... 28
National Peace Officers Memorial Day... 51
National Portrait Gallery.................... 54, 68
National Postal Museum......................... 55
National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature 30
National Security Council........................ 57
National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution 22
National Statuary Hall Collection............. 18
National Theatre..................................... 55
National Theatre Corporation.................. 55
National Trust for Historic Preservation... 16
National Zoo.......................................... 65
National Zoo organization........................ 69
National Zoological Park Police............... 69
Native American artifacts....................... 67
Native American food............................. 53
Native American Lands.......................... 78
Native American Museum...................... 56
Native Americans................................... 73
Nativity sets........................................... 48
Naturalization records............................. 48
Naval Monument.................................... 60
Navy Memorial Visitor's Center.............. 56
Navy-Marine Memorial..................... 44, 56
Neil Estern............................................. 28
Neptune................................................. 60
Netherlands Carillon..................... 15, 30, 34
New Deal.............................................. 80
New Kent County, Virginia....................... 8
NGA..................................................... 49
NGS...................................................... 50
Nicholas Spencer.................................... 46
Nina Akamu........................................... 50
Nine-eleven............................................ 75
NMAI................................................... 53
North Vietnamese Army......................... 42
Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority 19
Nurses Memorial.................................... 56
Nurses Reserve...................................... 56
Nymph................................................... 31
O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize.............. 25
Oasis..................................................... 17
Obama Presidency inauguration............... 63
Obelisk.................................................. 84
Octagon House...................................... 76
Octagon Museum................................... 57
ODALE................................................. 22
OEOB................................................... 58
Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement. 22
Office of Management and Budget.......... 57
Office of Special Trustee........................ 78
Office of the Vice President.................... 57
Oklahoma City bombing............................ 9
Old Carver movie theater........................ 12
Old Executive Office Building................. 57
Old Patent Office Building................. 54, 68
Old Patent Office greenhouse................. 16
Old Post Office Pavilion.......................... 58
Old Stone House............................... 30, 59
Old Town Alexandria........................ 19, 90
Oldest original building............................ 59
Oldest pharmacy.................................... 70
On-street parking.................................... 98
Opera House.......................................... 40
Orrefors crystal chandeliers.................... 39
Oscar Solomon Straus............................. 59
Oscar Straus Memorial........................... 59
OSS....................................................... 62
Oval Office.............................................. 8
Pablo Picasso.............................. 38, 49, 72
Paccard Bell Foundry............................. 64
Pacific Railroad Survey........................... 67
Pagoda.................................................. 66
Panama................................................. 67
Parking.................................................. 98
Passports............................................... 17
Patent Office......................................... 78
Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility 47
Paul Manship......................................... 74
Paul Philippe Cret................................... 25
Paul Revere........................................... 22
Paw Paw............................................... 19
Peace.................................................... 86
Peace Monument.............................. 34, 60
Peacock Room....................................... 29
Pear's Soap............................................ 11
Peirce Mill................................... 61, 64, 69
Peirce Shoemaker.................................. 61
PEN/Faulkner Award............................. 25
Pennsylvania Avenue Commission........... 58
Pennsylvania Railroad’s Federal Express. 76
Pentagon................................ 10, 60, 77, 96
Pentagon 9/11 memorial.......................... 61
Pentagon and 9/11 Memorial from I-395.. 96
Pentagon City................................... 23, 90
Pentagon City – Fashion Center.............. 90
Pentagon Force Protection Agency.......... 61
Pentagon Police...................................... 10
Pentagon Renovation Program and is to be completed in 2010. 61
Pershing Boots....................................... 38
Persian art............................................. 29
Peters Hill.............................................. 36
Petersen House...................................... 26
PFPA.................................................... 61
Philip Johnson......................................... 41
Philippine American Wars....................... 37
Philippine-American War records............ 48
Phillips Memorial Gallery......................... 72
Picasso............................................. 21, 41
Pierre Charles L'Enfant............ 8, 36, 70, 88
Pierre-Auguste Renoir............................ 72
Pierre-Charles L'Enfant Memorial........... 15
Pioneer Farmer site................................ 46
Pipe organ.............................................. 40
Places to stay......................................... 89
Pony Express......................................... 55
Pool of Remembrance............................ 40
Po'pay................................................... 18
Pope John Paul II................................... 66
Pope Pius IX.......................................... 84
Post-World War II art............................. 31
Potomac Aqueduct Bridge...................... 19
Potomac River............. 19, 20, 35, 46, 61, 97
Pre-Columbian studies............................ 24
Preface................................................... 7
President Andrew Jackson...................... 67
President Bill Clinton......................... 50, 87
President Dwight Eisenhower.................. 54
President Eisenhower............................. 39
President Franklin D. Roosevelt 27, 49, 60, 80
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.......... 9
President George Washington.... 8, 22, 75, 84
President Gerald Ford............................. 25
President Harry S. Truman....................... 9
President Herbert Hoover.................. 24, 64
President James A. Garfield.................... 34
President James Garfield......................... 49
President James Madison........................ 65
President Jefferson................................. 36
President Jimmy Carter............. 9, 32, 49, 79
President John Adams........................... 8, 9
President John F. Kennedy........... 51, 58, 66
President Kennedy................................. 39
President Lyndon B. Johnson............. 39, 63
President Manuel L. Quezon................... 66
President Monroe................................... 22
President Obama.................................... 55
President Richard M. Nixon 20, 22, 25, 85
President Ronald Reagan........................ 55
President Taft........................................ 74
President Theodore Roosevelt.............. 8, 59
President Thomas Jefferson...................... 8
President William Howard Taft............... 63
President William J. Clinton..................... 82
Presidential Libraries.............................. 48
Presidential Mansion................................. 8
President's Palace.................................... 8
President's Park...................... 41, 62, 71, 88
President's Pew...................................... 65
Prince William Forest Pa......................... 62
Prince William Forest Park...................... 62
Prometheus............................................ 76
Pubic Law 106-214................................. 82
Public Law 101-358................................ 29
Public Law 102-502................................ 50
Public Law 103-163................................ 78
Public Law 103-199 Section 905.............. 82
Public Law 103-32.................................. 87
Public Law 104-329................................ 51
Public Law 89-671.................................. 87
Public Law 96-199.................................. 79
Public transport...................................... 98
Qing Dynasty......................................... 29
Quantico Creek watershed...................... 62
R.D.W. Connor...................................... 47
Rainbow Pool and Fountain..................... 63
Ramsay House....................................... 62
Raoul Wallenberg................................... 32
Raoul Wallenberg Place.......................... 32
Reagan National Airport......................... 30
'Reason'................................................. 60
Red Cross Building................................. 57
Red Cross Nursing Service..................... 56
Red Grooms........................................... 38
Red Hawk............................................. 73
Red Room............................................... 9
Redevelopment Act of 1981.................... 76
Reflecting Pool.................. 20, 30, 43, 63, 84
Registry of Jewish Holocaust Survivors.... 32
Reluctant Statesman............................... 29
Rembrandt............................................. 21
Rembrandt van Rijn................................ 49
Renoir.................................................... 21
Renwick Gallery................................ 21, 63
Reproduction canal boats........................ 20
Republic of Korea.................................. 41
Reservations to the White House............. 86
resident William Clinton........................... 78
Revolutionary and Civil war reenactments 26
RFK Memorial Stadium.......................... 23
Richard Foster........................................ 41
Richard M. Nixon................... 20, 22, 25, 85
Richard Morris Hunt............................... 34
Richard von Ezdorf................................. 58
Riggs Bank............................................ 21
Ripley Center......................................... 66
Robert A. Rutland.................................. 29
Robert A. Taft Memorial........................ 63
Robert E. Lee................................... 14, 70
Robert E. Lee Memorial......................... 64
Robert F. Kennedy................................. 15
Robert Fulton......................................... 18
Robert Graham....................................... 28
Robert J. Walker.................................... 78
Robert Kennedy..................................... 36
Robert Mills........................................... 84
Robert Todd Lincoln............................... 44
Robert Woods Bliss................................ 24
Rock Creek Park.................... 16, 31, 61, 64
Rock Creek Parkway............................. 59
Rock Creek Regional Park...................... 65
Rodin................................................ 31, 41
Roger L. Stevens.................................... 39
Roman Bronze Company........................ 35
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport...... 40
Ronald Reagan’s administration................. 9
Roosevelt Bridge.................................... 74
Roosevelt Memorial................................ 65
Roosevelt Room....................................... 8
Rose Garden.......................................... 62
Rose of Sharon....................................... 40
Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom....... 48
Route 120.............................................. 90
Roy Lichtenstein..................................... 38
Rudulph Evans....................................... 35
S Dillon Ripley Center............................. 66
S. Con. Res. 44...................................... 63
Saint Patrick's Cathedral......................... 68
Sam Gilliam............................................ 41
Samuel Henry Kress............................... 49
Sarah Carlyle Herbert............................. 19
Sarah née Fairfax................................... 19
Scientific Lazzaroni................................. 77
Screw propeller...................................... 37
Second oldest Smithsonian museum......... 16
Second World War................................. 35
Secret War in Laos................................. 42
Section 21.............................................. 56
Senate Office Building............................ 18
Senator Robert A. Taft........................... 63
Sergeant Richard B. Fitzgibbon, Jr........... 82
Sesame Street........................................ 12
Sherman Monument................................ 86
Sherman Monument Commission............. 86
Sherry Fry.............................................. 81
Ships passenger lists............................... 48
Shirlington Village................................... 90
Shopping and Eating................................ 90
Shubert Organization............................... 56
Sikhs...................................................... 53
Silver Hill facility.................................... 47
Sioux..................................................... 37
Sixth Street railway station...................... 49
Slave Memorial...................................... 46
Smithsonian....................................... 49, 66
Smithsonian American Art Museum......... 67
Smithsonian Art Collection...................... 68
Smithsonian Associates........................... 66
Smithsonian Castle....................... 51, 67, 68
Smithsonian Contributing Membership...... 66
Smithsonian Institution Building................ 68
Smithsonian National Zoological Park....... 69
Smithsonian Special police....................... 67
SOB...................................................... 18
Society of Spanish-American War Nurses 56
Society of the Army of Tennessee........... 86
Society of the Army of the Cumberland... 34
Society of the Cincinnati.......................... 13
Solar........................................................ 9
Song Dynasty......................................... 29
South Korea's national flower.................. 40
Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial.......... 15
Spain..................................................... 37
Spanish-American War...................... 37, 56
Spirit of St. Louis.................................... 47
Spots to visit............................................. 8
Spying.................................................... 33
SR-71 Blackbird..................................... 47
St. John's Episcopal Church..................... 65
St. Matthew's Cathedral.......................... 66
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop....... 70
Stafford Smith........................................ 27
Stained glass Windows............................ 48
Stamp lovers.......................................... 55
Stanly Bleifield....................................... 79
Star of Asia Sapphire.............................. 52
Star Spangled Banner............................. 27
Star-Spangled Banner Flag...................... 52
Stella..................................................... 41
Stephen Decatur..................................... 23
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center................. 47
Stilson Hutchins...................................... 21
Stone House........................................... 45
Stonewall Jackson.................................. 45
Stream Valley Park................................ 65
Street vendors........................................ 44
Tadeusz Kosciuszko............................... 41
Ted Sampley.......................................... 73
Templars of Honor and Temperance........ 84
Temple of Zeus...................................... 44
Terrace Theater..................................... 39
Textile Museum...................................... 70
Thales.................................................... 76
The Arena Stage Mead Center for American Theater 14
The Bell Tower...................................... 59
The Cradle............................................. 14
The Deer Hunter.................................... 82
The Defence of Fort McHenry................ 27
The Ellipse........................................ 62, 70
The Extra Mile....................................... 71
The Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative 32
The Phillips Collection............................. 72
The Progress of Railroading.................... 76
The Three Soldiers............................ 72, 81
Theater Lab........................................... 40
Themis................................................... 76
Theodore Roosevelt................................ 35
Theodore Roosevelt Island...................... 73
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Association 73
Third tallest building................................ 58
Thomas Colepeper.................................. 46
Thomas Hardy....................................... 28
Thomas Jefferson................... 22, 35, 42, 80
Thomas Jefferson Building...................... 43
Thomas Marsh....................................... 83
Tian Tian............................................... 69
Tiananmen Square.................................. 83
Tiber Creek............................................ 35
Time of year that is best.......................... 89
Titanic Memorial.................................... 74
Title 36 of the United States Code........... 77
To Anacreon in Heaven.......................... 27
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier................. 74
Tomb of the Unknowns..................... 15, 36
Tour Guides........................................... 99
Tower of Faces...................................... 32
Treasury................................................ 17
Treaty Room............................................ 9
Triceratops............................................. 53
TTB...................................................... 75
Tudor Place...................................... 30, 76
Twenty-Eighth President......................... 87
Twilight Tattoo....................................... 70
Tyrannosaurus Rex................................. 53
U. S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS). 45
U..S. Army Corp of Engineers................ 36
U.S Code title 40 Chpt 63 Sec.6306......... 67
U.S. Capitol Building............................... 53
U.S. Mail............................................... 55
U.S. Merchant Marine............................ 56
U.S. military cemeteries.......................... 91
U.S. Mints............................................. 17
U.S. Navy.............................................. 56
U.S. Senate............................................ 18
Ulysses S. Grant Memorial........... 34, 60, 81
Underground museum............................. 51
Union Artillery Group.............................. 81
Union Cavalry Group.............................. 81
Union Military........................................ 86
Union Station............................... 58, 76, 98
United Nations....................................... 24
United states Air Force Memorial............ 77
United States Botanic Garden.................. 16
United States Capital.............................. 76
United States Copyright Office................ 43
United States Customs Service................ 75
United States Department of State........... 80
United States Department of the Interior.. 78
United States Exploring Expedition........... 67
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 32
United States National Academy of Sciences 77
United States National Arboretum........... 79
United States Navy Memorial.................. 79
United States Park Police........................ 67
United States Postal Service.................... 55
United States Secret Service................... 75
United States Supreme Court.................. 80
US Capitol Building................................. 78
US Capitol Building from I-395................ 96
USMC War Memorial....................... 15, 30
USPS.................................................... 55
USPS Money Orders.............................. 17
USS Bonhomme Richard........................ 38
USS Maine Memorial............................. 15
USS Monitor.......................................... 37
Valet or Self-parking............................... 98
Van Gogh.............................................. 41
Vatican.................................................. 30
Venezuela.............................................. 22
Vermeil, China, and Map rooms................ 9
Veterans' Administration......................... 13
Vice Admiral Edward Vernon................. 46
Victims of Communism Memorial............ 82
Victory.................................................. 60
Vienna, Virginia...................................... 87
Viet Cong.............................................. 42
Vietnam Combat Veterans, Ltd............... 82
Vietnam Memorial.................................. 20
Vietnam Memorial Wall.......................... 72
Vietnam Unknown.................................. 74
Vietnam Veterans Memorial......... 20, 30, 81
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc..... 82
Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park... 83
Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park in Angel Fire, New Mexico. 82
Vietnam War conflict.............................. 42
Vietnam Women’s Memorial........ 82, 83, 84
Vincent Van Gogh............................. 49, 72
Virginia Visitor Center............................ 62
Viscountess Chinda................................ 89
Visitor's Center...................................... 68
Voyager................................................. 47
VRE...................................................... 76
VVMF................................................... 82
Waddy B. Wood..................................... 54
Walk of the Stars.................................... 71
Wallace Hollady..................................... 54
Walt Whitman........................................ 54
WAMM................................................. 22
War....................................................... 86
War of 1812....................................... 8, 13
War of Jenkins' Ear................................ 46
Ward Circle........................................... 38
Warhol................................................... 21
Washington A. Roebling.......................... 52
Washington Dulles International Airport... 30
Washington Gas Light Company.............. 73
Washington Hoover Airport..................... 60
Washington Memorials............................ 20
Washington Metro.................................. 77
Washington Monument...... 30, 62, 63, 70, 84
Washington Monument from I-395........... 96
Washington's home................................. 85
Washington's office triangle..................... 58
Watergate Complex........................... 40, 85
Waves and Gulls..................................... 56
Wendy M. Ross..................................... 29
Westminster Abbey................................ 59
Wheel Williams...................................... 64
White House.................. 8, 23, 41, 62, 70, 86
White House Barracks............................ 71
White House Easter Egg Roll.................. 69
White House Garden Tours..................... 71
White House Plantation............................ 8
White House Social Secretary................... 8
White House Visitor Center................. 9, 86
Wilhelmina Hollady................................. 54
Willem De Kooning................................ 38
William Howard Taft......................... 36, 44
William Pearce Casey............................. 81
William Ramsay..................................... 62
William Stabler....................................... 70
William T. Hornaday............................... 69
William Tecumseh Sherman Monument... 86
William Thornton.................................... 57
William Wilson Corcoran......................... 21
Wilson Corcoran..................................... 63
Winslow Homer..................................... 67
Winterthur Museum.................................. 9
Wisconsin Avenue.................................. 48
Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana 22
Wolf Trap Farm Park............................. 87
Wolf Trap National Park......................... 87
Women in Military Service for America Memorial 15
Woodrow Wilson.................................... 27
Woodrow Wilson House......................... 87
Woods Hole, Massachusetts.................... 13
World Trade Center................................ 10
World War I........................... 24, 37, 56, 74
World War II.......................... 32, 33, 71, 74
World War II Memorial.......................... 87
World's Largest Library.......................... 43
Wound Dresser...................................... 54
Wounded Knee Massacre....................... 37
Wright Flyer........................................... 47
Yellow Oval Room................................... 9
Yitzhak Uri Katz.................................... 32
Zachary Taylor....................................... 78
Zero Milestone.................................. 36, 88
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