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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Supreme Court Building

For Students 9th - 10th
An image of the Supreme Court Building.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Volta Bureau

For Students 9th - 10th
Founded in 1887 by Alexander Graham Bell "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge relating to the Deaf"; merged with the American Association for the Promotion and Teaching of Speech to the Deaf in 1908, and operates today as the...
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Eye Witness to History: Washington d.c. 1800

For Students 9th - 10th
This EyeWitness to History article offers personal accounts from Abigail Adams regarding her journey and arrival in the new national capital.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Frances Perkins House

For Students 9th - 10th
A home of Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor and the first woman to serve in the United States Cabinet.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Philadelphia (Gundelo)

For Students 9th - 10th
Philadelphia, the only remaining American gunboat from the Revolutionary War, sank in a battle on Lake Champlain in 1776. It was salvaged in remarkably good condition in 1935 and now resides at the National Museum of American History.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Hiram W. Johnson House

For Students 9th - 10th
An image of the Hiram W. Johnson House.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Carter G. Woodson House

For Students 9th - 10th
A home of Carter G. Woodson, the "Father of Black History".
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Elliott Coues House

For Students 9th - 10th
Elliott Coues, a leading 19th century ornithologist, led great expansions of the knowledge of North American bird life, helped found the American Ornithologists' Union in 1883, edited approximately 15 volumes of journals, memoirs, and...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Woodrow Wilson House

For Students 9th - 10th
A home of Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Old Patent Office

For Students 9th - 10th
Current home of the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Franklin School

For Students 9th - 10th
A nineteenth-century school, site of Alexander Graham Bell's experiments with the photophone.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Zalmon Richards House

For Students 9th - 10th
A home of National Education Association founder Zalmon Richards.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Samuel Gompers House

For Students 9th - 10th
Samuel Gompers was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 until his death in 1924. Gompers helped found the AFL, and vigorously pursued its three goals of higher wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions for...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Lafayette Building

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of Reconstruction Finance Corporation which helped finance the buildup for World War II.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Sewall Belmont House

For Students 9th - 10th
Headquarters of the National Women's Party and home to a museum of the Suffrage movement.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Gallaudet College

For Students 9th - 10th
The world's first college for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Old Naval Observatory

For Students 9th - 10th
The original US Naval Observatory, current home of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; closed to the public.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Blanche K. Bruce House

For Students 9th - 10th
A home of Blanche K. Bruce, who was an African American Senator from Mississippi.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Decatur House

For Students 9th - 10th
Federal Style house designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe for naval hero Stephen Decatur across Lafayette Square from the White House. During 1827-1833 was home to successive Secretaries of State Henry Clay, Martin Van Buren, and Judah P....