The Library of Congress
is across the street from
the Capitol.
Established by Congress in
1800, this building was
completed n 1897.
The Supreme Court
faces the Capitol.
Looking across the
Capitol Reflecting
Pool & the National
Mall to the
Washington Monument.
The Peace Monument has several
names: Naval Monument,
Navy Monument.
It was erected in 1877 to
memorialize the seamen
who died during the
The Ulysses S. Grant
Memorial was
dedicated in 1922.
***Interesting Ulysses S. Grant Factoid: A dying Ulysses S. Grant penned his memoirs at a cottage in Wilton, New York, 35 miles from my former house in Rotterdam, New York.
was unveiled in 1887.
Elected in 1880, President Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau, a disgruntled office seeker on July 2, 1881. He died September 19, 1881 from his wound.
It's time for Eric and I to walk to the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center and line up for a tour of the building.
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