Unit 12 - Washington DC

Unit 12 - Washington DC

by Christiana Gianetta

​The White House

The White House is where the President lives with his family. He also works here.

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​When important visitors come to the United States, they go to The White House to meet the President.

​The Supreme Court

​The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States of America.

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​Supreme Court Justices make decisions on upholding laws. 

​The Jefferson Memorial

​The Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial built in Washington, D.C. between 1939 and 1943 under the sponsorship of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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​It is to celebrate personal freedom and democracy.

​The Washington Monument

​It was build to honor the first President of the United States, George Washington.

​The Lincoln Memorial

​The Lincoln Memorial is a US national memorial built to honor the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.

​The U.S. Treasury

​The Department of the Treasury is the national treasury of the federal government of the United States where it serves as an executive department.

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​It protects the financial interests of the country, including promoting jobs.

​The Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Smithsonian American Art Museum is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds one of the world's largest and most inclusive collections of art, from the colonial period to the present, made in the United States.

​The Pentagon

​The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense.

​The National Air and Space Museum

​The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, also called the Air and Space Museum, is a museum in Washington, D.C., US.