Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Memorial that honored service members of the U.S. armed forces who fought in the Vietnam War
- Honors service members who died in service in Vietnam/South East Asia, and those service members who were missing in action during the war
Lincoln Memorial
- National monument built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln
- #12 of the top 25 landmarks in the world
- Built in 1922
- Since the 1930s the monument has been symbolic of race relations
- Was the location of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech
Korean War Veterans Memorial
- Memorial that commemorates those who served in the Korean War
- Built in 1993
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- United States’ official memorial to the Holocaust
- Provides documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history
- Dedicated to helping leaders and citizens of the world to confront hated, prevent genocide, promote human dignity, and strengthen democracy
- Researchers identified and documented 42,500 ghettos and concentration camps erected by the Nazis
National Air and Space Museum
- The second most visited museum in the world and the most visited museum in the U.S.
- Contains the Apollo 11 command module, the Bell X-1 which broke the sound barrier, and the Wright brothers’ plane
- Dedicated to the history and science of aviation and spaceflight, as well as planetary science, geology, and geophysics
National Museum of Natural History
- The fourth most visited museum in the world and the most visited natural history museum in the world
- Holds the national collections and research facilities
- Collections contain over 126 million specimens of plants, animals, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, human remains, and human cultural artifacts
- Home to 185 professional natural history scientists, the largest group of scientists dedicated to the study of natural and cultural history in the world
- Opened in 1910
Costs
all flights $361
food $45/day x 7 days = $315
hotel $56/day x 6 days = $336
tickets (all attractions) $22
TOTAL for whole itinerary $1,034
