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District of Columbia - Washington, D.C. II

	Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress - Thomas Jefferson Building - architect John L. Smithmeyer - Beaux-Arts style - ceiling with the Printer's mark of Juan Rosembach and East Corridor mosaic 'Minerva of Peace', guardian of civilization by Elihu Vedder			Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress - Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building - ceiling and cove, showing the aluminum plating, stained glass windows, sculpture and murals - skylights - sculptor Philip Martiny, architect John L. Smithmeyer - Beaux-Arts style
	Washington, D.C.: Lincoln Memorial - throne - the 16th president in his royal posture - statue carved by the Piccirilli brothers, under the supervision of the sculptor Daniel Chester French			Washington, D.C.: Lincoln Memorial - face in contemplation - close-up
	Washington, D.C.: statue of Abraham Lincoln sitting in contemplation at the Lincoln Memorial on The Mall - Georgia white marble			Washington, D.C.: pillars of the Lincoln Memorial on The Mall - peristyle of 38 fluted Doric columns - colonnade
	Washington, D.C.: Washington Memorial and the frozen Reflecting Pool seen from the interior statue of the Lincoln Memorial - fluted Doric columns - National Mall			Washington, D.C.: Lincoln Memorial - Abraham Lincoln’s hand over a Fascio - the bundle of rods, symbolizes strength through unity - National Mall
	Washington, D.C.: Lincoln Memorial - Greek Revival architecture - Winter scene - National Mall			Washington, D.C.: Lincoln Memorial - Doric columns of the peristyle - in the frieze, are the state names, separated by double wreath - the cornice shows a scroll interspersed with lions' heads and ornamented with palmetto cresting - National Mall
	Washington, D.C.: Lincoln Memorial - Abraham Lincoln’s statue - profile with clenched fist			Washington, D.C.: Lincoln Memorial - opened to the public in 1922
	Washington, D.C.: Lincoln Memorial - 'In this temple, as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the Union, the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever' - classical Greek interior by Henry Bacon - Doric columns			Washington D.C.: three blocks from the White House - black woman
	Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution - Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture - Smithsonian American Art Museum - National Portrait Gallery - Greek revival style - architects Davis, Town, Elliot then Mills, Clark and Walter - F Street at 8th Street NW			Washington, D.C.: Sixth and I Historic Synagogue - Star of David window - designed by architect Louis Levi for the Adas Israel Hebrew Congregation - Chinatown
	Washington, D.C.: Portico with Doric columns - SW corner of the National Museum of American History - Smithsonian Institution - McKim Mead and White architects - National Mall			Washington, D.C.: National Museum of the American Indian - detail of the undulating Kasota limestone façade by Blackfoot architect Douglas Cardinal - National Mall - Smithsonian Institution
	Washington, D.C.: TD Bank - corner of 7th Street and I Street NW - domed tower - Chinatown			Washington, D.C.: windows of the Watergate complex - architect Luigi Moretti - Watergate Office Building – 600 New Hampshire Avenue NW - Foggy Bottom area