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named in honor of George Washington, the first president of the USA. It is situated on the Potomac River in the District of Columbia. The city has a resident population of nearly 610 000. The federal government is located in the District, there are a lot of monuments and museums in it. Washington, D.C. hosts 174 foreign embassies, the headquarters of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund.

seat of the Government. It is the highest building in the city that doesn't have any skyscrapers. Home of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, it contains some 430 rooms.

36 columns which surround the lower part of the dome represent the states in the Union at the time this impressive structure was designed. The construction of it began in 1793 and was finished in 1867.

of every American President except G.Washington. The original design of the house was drawn by James Hoban, an Irishborn architect.

rooms, each one has its own distinctive style. The largest is the East Room which is used for State balls, receptions, press-conferences and other events. The finest room is the Blue Room used by the President to receive guests. The Red Room is used for small receptions. It is a favourite room of First Ladies

1885, memorializes George Washington's achievements and unselfish devotion to the country. The Monument is situated in Potomac Park and is over 180 metres. The top may be reached in 70 seconds by elevator or by an iron stairway. From the top visitors can see the entire District of Columbia and parts of Virginia and Maryland .

in 1912 and completed ten years later at a cost of 2.9 million dollars. The outer walls of the Memorial are White Colorado marble 189 feet long and 118 feet 8 inches wide. The thirty-six outer columns are also of marble. It is designed like a Greek Temple with columns, representing the states in the Union at the time of Lincoln's death.

the magnificent, realistic figure of Lincoln seated in the center of the open temple. The statue is 19 feet high and 19 feet wide, made of twenty-eight blocks of Georgia white marble. Because of the immense size, it took two men four years to complete the carving.

wonderful cherry-trees around is a circular stone structure. In the central chamber there is a full-length figure of the third President of the USA, the author of the Declaration of Independence. The statue was created by the American sculptor Rudolf Evans.

is a large military cemetery located across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. 
It is the final resting place for over 300,000 casualties from the American Civil War, World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War, Iraq War and Afghanistan conflict.
Arlington National Cemetery is a site of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
President John F. Kennedy is one of many famous people to be buried at Arlington Cemetery.