Introduction

The Internet Resources

• 2909 pictures of DC - Wow! Very helpful for PowerPoint projects, Web Sites, Scrap books, etc.

• Map of DC - How to find your way around our nation's capital.

DC History and Government

• National Postal Museum - Our nation's history told through the ever important realm of communication. Check out the video clip on this one!

• Museum of American History - This place contains some of our nation's greatest national treasures and current cultural icons.

• United States Senate - Those important 100 in congress. Check them out... they have more to do with your life than you realize.

• U.S. House of Representaives - The other body of that monster called Congress. By the way... they're pretty important too.

• Members of the U.S. Senate - Find out the names and records of your senators.

• The Supreme Court - Some say the most powerful people in the world make decisions here... even more powerful than the President. If they are that powerful they sound like people we ought to get to know.

• Members of the House of Representatives - Find out the names and records of your Representatives.

• Neil Armstrong's Walk on the Moon - Hear with your own ears the historic moment when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first walk on the moon.

DC Museums and Buildings

• The White House - White House History, Tours, and Current Administration.

• Central Intelligence Agency - The CIA knows about you! Do you know about it? This site will reveal all you want to know about the CIA.

• The Smithsonian Institute - Take a virtual tour through the largest museum in the world.

• The Anacostia Museum - African American History and Culture.

• Federal Bureau of Investigation - The Official FBI site for youth.

• National Museum of the American Indian - Current exhibitions, calendar, and research.

• National Air and Space Museum - The most popular museum in America includes original air and space craft that show the development of aeronautics... from the Wright Brothers to space exploration its all here!

• The Smithsonian Castle - A museum guide to the the Smithsonian Institution Building including video highlights, tour schedules, and other information.

• Museum of Natural History - This museum has accumulated over 120 million treasures of nature and humans through more than a century of collecting.

• Smithsonian Kids Castle - Though it looks like its for young kids, this site may surprize you. There's lots of cool links and games.

• The Capitol Building - The tallest actual building in DC where the Congress meets to make decisions that will affect your life.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - A heart-wrenching site built to remember those who suffered and were killed at the hands of German Nazis during World War II.

• The National Cathedral - One beautiful, grand building.

• 360 degree tour of the White House - See the White House as if you were walking around inside.

DC Monuments and Memorials

• Pictures of the best DC sites - Are you anxious to see DC? Click here and you will see the White House, the Capitol Building, the Mall, etc. before we leave.

• Washington Monument Live Cam - Click here to see what DC looks like around the clock. See the snow on the ground in the winter, watch the sun change the colors of the mall as it sets each night.

• A Vietnam Memorial Virtual Wall - The personal descriptions, pictures, and music of this site will bring tears to your eyes.

• Washington Monument - The obelisk monument in the center of DC's Mall.

• Vietnam Veterans Memorial - The official page.

• Korean War Veterans Memorial - 'Freedom is not free' is the motto of this memorial to the killed in action of the 1950-1953 Korean War.

• Thomas Jefferson Memorial - Pictures and information about Jefferson, his times, and the memorial.

• FDR Memorial - Pictures and information about Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

• Lincoln Memorial - This is the one on the back of the penny in your pocket. You'll find out all about both Lincoln and the memorial.

DC Art, Science, Literature, and Geography

• Library of Congress - A very interactive site for all ages... be ready for sight, sound, and action!

• National Gallery of Art - Washington DC is not only the home of the president of the United States. It also is the location for The National Gallery of Art, which stores a collection of paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, works on paper and architecture.

• The National Archives - The nation's storehouse for valuable records of the United States govenment, including the Freedom Documents (The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, and The Bill of Rights).

• Satellite Map of DC - Explore DC from the air. You're in control!

• Art at the Hirshhorn - Find out what is current at the Hirshhorn Modern Art Museum and Sculpture Garden.

• National Museum of African Art - Pictures and information of current exhibits.

• Renwick Gallery of American Art - Current features and exhibitions.

Attractions outside of DC

• Arlington National Cemetery - All you'll ever want to know about the famous resting place of our nation's heroes.

• Mount Vernon - Check out the home of our first president and national hero.

• New York Live Cam - See six views from Times Square in full motion

• Hit Broadway Musical: The Lion King - The official Lion King site