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Washington, D.C.

African-American Civil War Memorial
"We look forward to either seeing you at the Memorial and Museum,
  or hearing from you in the near future. We are excited to lead the way in
bringing new recognition to the role of USCT in the Fight for Freedom
  in the United States."
Frank Smith, Executive Director of the African American 
Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation.
http://www.afroamcivilwar.org/

Boulder Bridge at Rock Creek Park
http://www.nps.gov/rocr/

Camera's Over Washington
 "Smithsonian photographers Jeff Tinsley and Richard Hofmeister's unique view 
of Washington's Mall from the Capitol Hill to the Potomac. These photographs
  were made possible through the assistance of the helicopter unit of the 
United States Park Police. "
http://photo2.si.edu/aerialdc/aerialdc.html

Constitution Gardens
http://www.nps.gov/coga/index2.htm

District of Columbia Parks East
http://www.nps.gov/nace/

District of Columbia Parks Central
http://www.nps.gov/nacc/

Educational Programs from the Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/nacc/education.htm

FDR Memorial
http://www.nps.gov/fdrm/index2.htm

Ford's Theatre NHS
http://www.nps.gov/foth/index2.htm

Frederick Douglass NHS
http://www.nps.gov/frdo/

Grief Memorial at Rock Creek Park-photo
http://memory.loc.gov/cgibin/displayPhoto.pl?path=/award/mhsdalad/
120000/&topImages=120017r.jpg&topLinks=120017v.jpg&displayProfile=1

Holocaust Memorial Museums
http://www.ushmm.org/

Thomas Jefferson Memorial
http://www.nps.gov/thje/index2.htm

Korean War Memorial
http://www.nps.gov/kwvm/index2.htm

Lincoln Memorial
http://www.nps.gov/linc/index2.htm

Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS
http://www.nps.gov/mamc/

Mount Vernon Trail
http://www.nps.gov/gwmp/mvt.html

National Capitol Parks Central
NATIONAL CAPITAL PARKS - CENTRAL (NACC) is responsible for over 1,000 
acres of some of the most significant natural and cultural resources in the United States.
http://www.nps.gov/nacc/index.htm

National Mall
 http://www.nps.gov/nama/

Pennsylvania Avenue
http://www.nps.gov/paav/pa_visit.htm

Potomac Heritage NST
http://www.nps.gov/pohe/

Sherman Park-photo
http://memory.loc.gov/cgibin/displayPhoto.pl?path=/award/mhsdalad
/010000/&topImages=010020r.jpg&topLinks=010020v.jpg&displayProfile=1

Thomas Jefferson Memorial
http://www.nps.gov/thje/index2.htm

The Old Post Office Tower
http://www.nps.gov/opot/newstruggle.htm

Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Wall
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Web Page provides information 
regarding the Names on The Wall in Washington DC.
http://thewall-usa.com/index.html

Washington D. C. Parks
 http://www.nps.gov/parks.html

Washington Monument
http://www.nps.gov/wamo/index2.htm

United States Presidents

 President

Tenure

George Washington

1789-1797

John Adams

1797-1801

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809

James Madison

1809-1817

James Monroe

1817-1825

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837

Martin Van Buren

1837-1841

William Henry Harrison

1841-1841

John Tyler

1841-1845

James K. Polk

1845-1849

Zachary Taylor

1849-1850

Millard Fillmore

1850-1853

Franklin Pierce

1853-1857

James Buchanan

1857-1861

Abraham Lincoln

1861-1865

Andrew Johnson

1865-1869

Ulysses S. Grant

1869-1877

Rutherford B. Hayes

1877-1881

James Garfield

1881-1881

Chester Arthur

1881-1885

Grover Cleveland

1885-1889

Benjamin Harrison

1889-1893

Grover Cleveland

1893-1897

William McKinley

1897-1901

Theodore Roosevelt

1901-1909

William H. Taft

1909-1913

Woodrow Wilson

1913-1921

Warren G. Harding

1921-1923

Calvin Coolidge

1923-1929

Herbert Hoover

1929-1933

Franklin D. Roosevelt

1933-1945

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953

Dwight D. Eisenhower

1953-1961

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969

Richard M. Nixon

1969-1974

Gerald Ford

1974-1977

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989

George Bush

1989-1993

William Clinton

1993-2000
 

Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
This site is  general overview and  many photos as well as other information and  discussions regarding conspiracy theories, the trial, Lincoln's pre-assassination dream, John Wilkes Booth, plus biographical sketches of some of the people involved, eyewitness accounts, and much more. You should also visit the  Abraham Lincoln Research Site and the Mary Todd Lincoln Research Site for details about their lives, including biographies, their sons etc.
http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln.html

Presidents of the United States
This site contains biographical information on the past Presidents of the United States.  You will find links to more extensive information about the presidents, For example, Papers of George Washington, or the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center,Lyndon B. Johnson Library & Museum and the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Museum,  There are also links to some of their homes before they became presidents. 
http://www.state.de.us/facts/ushist/intrpres.htm

United States Vice Presidents

  Name and Party Term Birth State Birth/Death President Served Under
1. John Adams (F) 1789–1797   Massachusetts 1735–1826 Washington
2. Thomas Jefferson (DR) 1797–1801 Virginia 1743–1826 J. Adams
3. Aaron Burr (DR) 1801–1805 New Jersey 1756–1836 Jefferson
4. George Clinton (DR) 1805–1812 New York 1739–1812 Jefferson and Madison
5. Elbridge Gerry (DR) 1813–1814 Massachusetts 1744–1814 Madison
6. Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) 1817–1825 New York 1774–1825 Monroe
7. John C. Calhoun 1825–1832 South Carolina 1782–1850 J. Q. Adams and Jackson
8. Martin Van Buren (D) 1833–1837 New York 1782–1862 Jackson
9. Richard M. Johnson (D) 1837–1841 Kentucky 1780–1850 Van Buren
10. John Tyler (W) 1841 Virginia 1790–1862 W. H. Harrison
11. George M. Dallas (D) 1845–1849 Pennsylvania 1792–1864 Polk
12. Millard Fillmore (W) 1849–1850 New York 1800–1874 Taylor
13. William R. King (D) 1853 North Carolina 1786–1853 Pierce
14. John C. Breckinridge (D) 1857–1861 Kentucky 1821–1875 Buchanan
15. Hannibal Hamlin (R) 1861–1865 Maine 1809–1891 Lincoln
16. Andrew Johnson (U) 1865 North Carolina 1808–1875 Lincoln
17. Schuyler Colfax (R) 1869–1873 New York 1823–1885 Grant
18. Henry Wilson (R) 1873–1875 New Hampshire 1812–1875 Grant
19. William A. Wheeler (R) 1877–1881 New York 1819–1887 Hayes
20. Chester A. Arthur (R) 1881 Vermont 1830–1886 Garfield
21. Thomas A. Hendricks (D) 1885 Ohio 1819–1885 Cleveland
22. Levi P. Morton (R) 1889–1893 Vermont 1824–1920 B. Harrison
23. Adlai E. Stevenson (D) 1893–1897 Kentucky 1835–1914 Cleveland
24. Garrett A. Hobart (R) 1897–1899 New Jersey 1844–1899 McKinley
25. Theodore Roosevelt (R) 1901 New York 1858–1919 McKinley
26. Charles W. Fairbanks (R) 1905–1909 Ohio 1852–1918 T. Roosevelt
27. James S. Sherman (R)3 1909–1912 New York 1855–1912 Taft
28. Thomas R. Marshall (D) 1913–1921 Indiana 1854–1925 Wilson
29. Calvin Coolidge (R) 1921–1923 Vermont 1872–1933 Harding
30. Charles G. Dawes (R) 1925–1929 Ohio 1865–1951 Coolidge
31. Charles Curtis (R) 1929–1933 Kansas 1860–1936 Hoover
32. John N. Garner (D) 1933–1941 Texas 1868–1967 F. D. Roosevelt
33. Henry A. Wallace (D) 1941–1945 Iowa 1888–1965 F. D. Roosevelt
34. Harry S. Truman (D) 1945 Missouri 1884–1972 F. D. Roosevelt
35. Alben W. Barkley (D) 1949–1953 Kentucky 1877–1956 Truman
36. Richard M. Nixon (R) 1953-1961 California 1913–1994 Eisenhower
37. Lyndon B. Johnson (D) 1961–1963 Texas 1908–1973 Kennedy
38. Hubert H. Humphrey (D) 1965–1969 South Dakota 1911–1978 L. B. Johnson
39. Spiro T. Agnew (R) 1969–1973 Maryland 1918–1996 Nixon
40. Gerald R. Ford (R) 1973–1974 Nebraska 1913– Nixon
41. Nelson A. Rockefeller (R) 1974–1977 Maine 1908–1979 Ford
42. Walter F. Mondale (D) 1977–1981 Minnesota 1928– Carter
43. George Bush (R) 1981–1989 Massachusetts 1924– Reagan
44. J. Danforth Quayle (R) 1989–1993 Indiana 1947– Bush
45. Albert A. Gore, Jr. (D) 1993– 2001 Washington, D.C. 1948— Clinton

 

Supreme Court Justices

  Service Birth  
Name, State Year  of Term Years Served Location Date Died  
Chief Justices
John Jay, N.Y. 1789–1795 5 N.Y. 1745 1829  
John Rutledge, S.C. 1795 0 S.C. 1739 1800
Oliver Ellsworth, Conn. 1796–1800 4 Conn. 1745 1807  
John Marshall, Va. 1801–1835 34 Va. 1755 1835
Roger B. Taney, Md. 1836–1864 28 Md. 1777 1864  
Salmon P. Chase, Ohio 1864–1873 8 N.H. 1808 1873
Morrison R. Waite, Ohio 1874–1888 14 Conn. 1816 1888  
Melville W. Fuller, Ill. 1888–1910 21 Maine 1833 1910
Edward D. White, La. 1910–1921 10 La. 1845 1921  
William H. Taft, Conn. 1921–1930 8 Ohio 1857 1930
Charles E. Hughes, N.Y. 1930–1941 11 N.Y. 1862 1948  
Harlan F. Stone, N.Y. 1941–1946 4 N.H. 1872 1946
Frederick M. Vinson, Ky. 1946–1953 7 Ky. 1890 1953  
Earl Warren, Calif. 1953–1969 15 Calif. 1891 1974
Warren E. Burger, Va. 1969–1986 17 Minn. 1907 1995  
William H. Rehnquist, Ariz. 1986– — Wis. 1924 —
Associate Justices
James Wilson, Pa. 1789–1798 8 Scotland 1742 1798  
John Rutledge, S.C. 1790–1791 1 S.C. 1739 1800
William Cushing, Mass. 1790–1810 20 Mass. 1732 1810  
John Blair, Va. 1790–1796 5 Va. 1732 1800
James Iredell, N.C. 1790–1799 9 England 1751 1799  
Thomas Johnson, Md. 1792–1793 0 Md. 1732 1819
William Paterson, N.J. 1793–1806 13 Ireland 1745 1806  
Samuel Chase, Md. 1796–1811 15 Md. 1741 1811
Bushrod Washington, Va. 1799–1829 30 Va. 1762 1829  
Alfred Moore, N.C. 1800–1804 3 N.C. 1755 1810
William Johnson, S.C. 1804–1834 30 S.C. 1771 1834  
Brockholst Livingston, N.Y. 1807–1823 16 N.Y. 1757 1823
Thomas Todd, Ky. 1807–1826 18 Va. 1765 1826  
Gabriel Duval, Md. 1811–1835 23 Md. 1752 1844
Joseph Story, Mass. 1812–1845 33 Mass. 1779 1845  
Smith Thompson, N.Y. 1823–1843 20 N.Y. 1768 1843
Robert Trimble, Ky. 1826–1828 2 Va. 1777 1828  
John McLean, Ohio 1830–1861 31 N.J. 1785 1861
Henry Baldwin, Pa. 1830–1844 14 Conn. 1780 1844  
James M. Wayne, Ga. 1835–1867 32 Ga. 1790 1867
Philip P. Barbour, Va. 1836–1841 4 Va. 1783 1841  
John Catron, Tenn. 1837–1865 28 Pa. 1786 1865
John McKinley, Ala. 1837–1852 14 Va. 1780 1852  
Peter V. Daniel, Va. 1841–1860 18 Va. 1784 1860
Samuel Nelson, N.Y. 1845–1872 27 N.Y. 1792 1873  
Levi Woodbury, N.H. 1845–1851 5 N.H. 1789 1851
Robert C. Grier, Pa. 1846–1870 23 Pa. 1794 1870  
Benjamin R. Curtis, Mass. 1851–1857 5 Mass. 1809 1874
John A. Campbell, Ala. 1853–1861 8 Ga. 1811 1889  
Nathan Clifford, Maine 1858–1881 23 N.H. 1803 1881
Noah H. Swayne, Ohio 1862–1881 18 Va. 1804 1884  
Samuel F. Miller, Iowa 1862–1890 28 Ky. 1816 1890
David Davis, Ill. 1862–1877 14 Md. 1815 1886  
Stephen J. Field, Calif. 1863–1897 34 Conn. 1816 1899
William Strong, Pa. 1870–1880 10 Conn. 1808 1895  
Joseph P. Bradley, N.J. 1870–1892 21 N.Y. 1813 1892
Ward Hunt, N.Y. 1872–1882 9 N.Y. 1810 1886  
John M. Harlan, Ky. 1877–1911 33 Ky. 1833 1911
William B. Woods, Ga. 1880–1887 6 Ohio 1824 1887  
Stanley Matthews, Ohio 1881–1889 7 Ohio 1824 1889
Horace Gray, Mass. 1882–1902 20 Mass. 1828 1902  
Samuel Blatchford, N.Y. 1882–1893 11 N.Y. 1820 1893
Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Miss. 1888–1893 5 Ga. 1825 1893  
David J. Brewer, Kan. 1889–1910 20 Asia Minor 1837 1910
Henry B. Brown, Mich. 1890–1906 15 Mass. 1836 1913  
George Shiras, Jr., Pa. 1892–1903 10 Pa. 1832 1924
Howell E. Jackson, Tenn. 1893–1895 2 Tenn. 1832 1895  
Edward D. White, La.* 1894–1910 16 La. 1845 1921
Rufus W. Peckham, N.Y. 1895–1909 13 N.Y. 1838 1909  
Joseph McKenna, Calif. 1898–1925 26 Pa. 1843 1926
Oliver W. Holmes, Mass. 1902–1932 29 Mass. 1841 1935  
William R. Day, Ohio 1903–1922 19 Ohio 1849 1923
William H. Moody, Mass. 1906–1910 3 Mass. 1853 1917  
Horace H. Lurton, Tenn. 1909–1914 4 Ky. 1844 1914
Charles E. Hughes, N.Y.* 1910–1916 5 N.Y. 1862 1948  
Willis Van Devanter, Wyo. 1910–1937 26 Ind. 1859 1941
Joseph R. Lamar, Ga. 1910–1916 4 Ga. 1857 1916  
Mahlon Pitney, N.J. 1912–1922 10 N.J. 1858 1924
James C. McReynolds, Tenn. 1914–1941 26 Ky. 1862 1946  
Louis D. Brandeis, Mass. 1916–1939 22 Ky. 1856 1941
John H. Clarke, Ohio 1916–1922 5 Ohio 1857 1945  
George Sutherland, Utah 1922–1938 15 England 1862 1942
Pierce Butler, Minn. 1923–1939 16 Minn. 1866 1939  
Edward T. Sanford, Tenn. 1923–1930 7 Tenn. 1865 1930
Harlan F. Stone, N.Y.* 1925–1941 16 N.H. 1872 1946  
Owen J. Roberts, Pa. 1930–1945 15 Pa. 1875 1955
Benjamin N. Cardozo, N.Y. 1932–1938 6 N.Y. 1870 1938  
Hugo L. Black, Ala. 1937–1971 34 Ala. 1886 1971
Stanley F. Reed, Ky. 1938–1957 19 Ky. 1884 1980  
Felix Frankfurter, Mass. 1939–1962 23 Austria 1882 1965
William O. Douglas, Conn. 1939–1975 36 Minn. 1898 1980  
Frank Murphy, Mich. 1940–1949 9