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    mat u r ita / u s a upper INTERMEDIATE

    Washington, D.C. Jacy Meyer (USA)


    Zdeňka Kosková (CR)

    and Its Must-sees The White House


    Washington, D.C. is one of America’s is the symbol of the American presidency
    and the official residence and workplace of
    most visited cities. It is not just the seat
    the President of the United States. It was built
    of the federal government, Supreme between 1792 and 1800 and was not always
    Court and the President of the United white. After the British burned the building in
    States; there are also memorials the War of 1812, it was restored and painted
    to important figures and events in its present color.
    American history, superb museums and
    many other things to see. Most of the
    sites are located on the National Mall,
    simply called the Mall, a boulevard
    between the Capitol and the Washington
    Monument.

    The Lincoln Memorial


    honors America’s 16th president, Abraham
    Lincoln, who was president during
    the American Civil War, opposed slavery
    and was assassinated while watching a
    play. The memorial has the form of a Greek
    temple, recalling classical period that
    gave humankind its first democracy. It has
    been the site of many famous speeches,
    including Martin Luther King’s “I Have
    a Dream” speech.

    The Martin Luther King, Jr.


    Memorial
    is the newest memorial
    The Korean War Veterans Memorial on the Mall. It is the first
    is located on the southeast memorial to honor an
    side of the National Mall, African‑American and
    remembering those who the only memorial on
    served in the Korean the Mall not dedicated
    War (1950–1953). The to a president or war.
    memorial is in the form of Dr. King, a pastor in
    a large triangle made from Georgia during the 50s and
    black stone on which there 60s, led many non‑violent
    are archive images from protests against
    the war. Inside the triangle segregation and racial
    there are 19 steel statues inequality. At the age of 35,
    of soldiers on patrol, he became the youngest person to win the Nobel
    dressed in full combat gear. The statues are spread Peace Prize. Dr. King was assassinated after giving
    among the bushes representing the terrain of Korea. a speech in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968.

    October 2011 | www.bridge-online.cz


    The Washington International
    Monument Spy Museum
    was built to honor is the one and only museum in
    the country’s first president, the world dedicated to espionage.
    George Washington. Here you can, for example, see
    This 170 m tall obelisk is the pigeon camera designed by
    the world’s tallest stone the US during WW I. Pigeons,
    structure. The monument equipped with tiny cameras,
    is constructed from were released over military sites.
    36,000 blocks of stones As the birds flew, the cameras
    (marble and granite). It is continuously took pictures to
    visible from almost all over be developed and studied when
    The Capitol
    the city and has become the pigeons got to their destination. is the political center of the US
    one of America’s symbols. government, where the Senate and
    House of Representatives meet to make
    the country’s laws. It sits on the top of
    Capitol Hill overlooking the Mall. Its
    dome is topped by the bronze Statue of
    Freedom.

    The Washington
    The Smithsonian National Cathedral
    Institution is another must‑see in Washington,
    operates 19 museums and a zoo. D.C. It is truly a magnificent and
    The majority of these museums breathtaking building, built in
    are located on the Mall. One of a neogothic style which makes it look
    The Jefferson Memorial the museums is the National like it is from somewhere in Europe
    is dedicated to the third president, Thomas Museum of the American during the Middle Ages. Construction
    Jefferson, who is known for his contributions Indian which is shown in started in 1907 and was only
    to the Declaration of Independence. The the photo and on the map. completed in 1990, taking 83 years
    memorial is situated by the Potomac River to finish. This limestone cathedral,
    and the place became a popular bathing area where several past presidents’
    for the locals in the late 19th century. funerals have been held, is the sixth
    largest cathedral in the world.

    www.bridge-online.cz | October 2011

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