Monuments and Memorials of Washington, D.C.

By Allan M. Heller

Book Overview

This revised and expanded second edition serves as your tour guide to the monuments and memorials, traffic circles, parks, and Arlington National Cemetery. Washington, D.C. is a great place to learn American history. Many new images feature monuments to American patriot Nathan Hale and the great writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, presidents Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt, and inventors Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin. Tour the American Civil War Memorial, Iwo Jima/United States Marine Corps Memorial, Tomb of the Unknowns, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Learn about the planned memorial for Martin Luther King, Jr. Easy-to-use and essential for anyone planning a vacation in Washington, D.C., it provides a check-off list so you can see and do everything.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764324187
• ISBN13: 9780764324185
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.9"