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The marble vision dominates Lincoln’s memorial.
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“The Spirit of Freedom,” a 1996 sculpture by Ed Hamilton, depicts African-American Union soldiers facing their enemies.
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This 1979 bronze by Robert Berks shows the great thinker in front of the National Academy of Sciences.
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This astounding Beaux Arts mansion from 1905 is decorated in the eccentric style of its original resident, Ambassador Larz Anderson. Its 600-ft (180-m) long ballroom is spectacular.
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This heroic equestrian statue was created by Clark Mills in 1853.
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Jacques Jouvenal’s statue at the Old Post Office honors Franklin’s creation of the US Postal Service.
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Andrew Carnegie’s campaign to build libraries across America (he funded 1,679 in all) changed the country forever. This magnificent Beaux Arts building has been fully restored and is operated by the Historical Society of Washington, DC.
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Frederick Douglass and his wife Anna became the first African-American family in Anacostia when they moved into this estate in 1877. Born a slave, Douglass became America’s most effective anti-slavery speaker. Accessible by Tourmobile (see Tour Bus Lines).
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This 1897 building is among the finest Beaux Arts designs in the United States. Note the atrium with its exquisite symmetrical stairway. The art collection inside includes some of the very best of American and European masterworks. In the American art collection, works by the Hudson River School and the Luminists are especially strong.
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Outstanding examples of domestic architecture of the early 19th century.
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