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16237 Tombstones mark the burial sites of American soldiers in Arlington National Cemetery. Arlington National Cemetery is America's most sacred cemetery dedicated to her military dead, located on the former estate of General Robert E. Lee.
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16215 The Russell Senate Office Building sits near the Capitol Building on Constitution Avenue. The Russell Senate Office building is the oldest of the Senate Office buildings built from 1903-1908. The building was designed by Architect of the Capitol Edward Clark in a Beaux Arts Style.
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16022 The towering Ionic columns of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial located on the Tidal Basin in Washington D.C. Architect John Russell Pope designed the memorial based on Jefferson's own architectural tastes, modeled after the Pantheon of Rome of Neoclassical style. The building of the Jefferson Memorial was approved by Congress in June 1934 and the cornerstone was laid by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on November 15, 1939. Rudolph Evans was commissioned in 1941 to sculpt the statue of Thomas Jefferson.
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16172 Capitol police and tourists gather beneath the beautiful Capitol of the United States. The cast iron dome of the United States Capitol was constructed between 1855 and 1866 late in the Capitol's architectural evolution. The United States Capitol is a fine example of 19th century neoclassical architecture, begun in 1793 has been built, burnt, rebuilt and restored. The capitol was orginally designed by William Thornton and modified by Benjamin Latrobe and then Charles Bulfinch. The current dome and House and Senate Chambers were designed by Thomas U. Walter and August Schoenborn.
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16014 Early morning light on the Thomas Jefferson Memorial located on the Tidal Basin in Washington D.C. Architect John Russell Pope designed the memorial based on Jefferson's own architectural tastes, modeled after the Pantheon of Rome of Neoclassical style. The building of the Jefferson Memorial was approved by Congress in June 1934 and the cornerstone was laid by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on November 15, 1939.
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16062 The interior view of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial located on the Tidal Basin in Washington D.C. includes 4 quotations inscribed on panels. One panel is an inaccurate quotation from the Declaration of Independence, a second from the Virginia Act of Religious Freedom, a third concerns slavery and education and the fourth from a letter Jefferson wrote to Samuel Kercheval in 1816 in which he expresses his vision of an evolving Constitution. Architect John Russell Pope designed the memorial based on Jefferson's own architectural tastes, modeled after the Pantheon of Rome of Neoclassical style. The building of the Jefferson Memorial was approved by Congress in June 1934 and the cornerstone was laid by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on November 15, 1939.
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16217 The Thomas Jefferson Building is one of three buildings making up the Library of Congress which is part of the United States Capitol Complex. The Library of Congress was approved on April 24, 1800 and is today the largest and one of the most important libraries in the world. The Thomas Jefferson Building was completed on May 15, 1897 an Italian Renaissance plan designed by architects John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz.
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16169 Nighttime view of the west front of the United States Capitol. The cast iron dome of the United States Capitol was constructed between 1855 and 1866 late in the Capitol's architectural evolution. The United States Capitol is a fine example of 19th century neoclassical architecture, begun in 1793 has been built, burnt, rebuilt and restored. The capitol was orginally designed by William Thornton and modified by Benjamin Latrobe and then Charles Bulfinch. The current dome and House and Senate Chambers were designed by Thomas U. Walter and August Schoenborn.
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