Bureau of Engraving and Printing
14th and C Streets S.W., Washington
202-874-3019
www.moneyfactory.com
In this self-guided “the buck starts here“ tour you can see millions of dollars of paper money printed, as well as bins of shredded bills. Open Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Guided tours take 40 minutes. Closed Saturdays, Sundays and federal holidays. Free, but tickets are required. Call to make reservations for tours. Closest Metro is Smithsonian.

Capital Children’s Museum
800 Third St. N.E., Washington
202-675-4120
www.ccm.org
This hands-on museum helps children and their families learn by doing, with exhibits ranging from information about Mexico, to communications to computers. Open daily, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Labor Day through Easter), and daily, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (Easter through Labor Day). Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. Admission $6 for adults and children; senior citizens $4; children under 2 are free. Closest Metro is Union Station.

Corcoran Gallery of Art
500 17th St. N.W., at New York Ave.and E Street, Washington ⁄ 202-639-1700
www.cocoran.org
One of the three oldest museums in the United States, its collection includes Greek antiquities, American and European paintings, as well as changing exhibits. Closed Tuesday. Open Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Open Thursday, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Suggested donation: adults $3; seniors and students $1; children under 12 are free; family groups are $5. Closest Metro is Farragut North or Farragut West.

Ford's Theater and Lincoln Center
511 10th Street N.W., between E & F streets Washington ⁄ 202-347-4833
www.fordstheatre.org
Tours are given daily, except when rehearsals or matinees are in progress. Call 202-426-6924 for tour information. Museum remains open. Free, except for theater performances. Closest Metro is Metro Center

Folger (Shakespeare) Library
201 E. Capitol Street S.E., Washington
Metro: Union Station or Capitol South
202-544-7077
www.folger.edu
The library is filled with books and manuscripts by and about William Shakespeare, including a copy of the 1623 First Folio. The Elizabethan Period Great Hall houses original manuscripts and books. Open Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Closed Sunday and all federal holidays. Garden tours April-October, every third Saturday at 10 and 11 a.m. Free.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial
900 Ohio Drive S.W., Washington
Metro: Smithsonian
The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial is a landscape of four outdoor rooms with granite walls, statuary, inscriptions, waterfalls and thousands of plants, shrubs and trees along the famous cherry tree walk on the Tidal Basin in West Potomac Park. Each of Roosevelt's four terms in office are portrayed by American sculptors whose works in bronze bas-relief and sculptured figures relate memories of the man and his times to an enclosed landscape emphasizing ornamental trees and shrubs native to the mid-Atlantic region. There are park rangers available from 8 a.m. to midnight every day except Christmas.

Georgetown
West of Rock Creek Park from the Potomac River and North to Massachusetts Avenue

Georgetown is in the old Colonial section of Washington, D.C. and is the oldest part of the city. This area will delight you with its shopping boutiques, restaurants and nightclubs. Be sure to visit the Old Stone House on M Street – the oldest standing house in Washington, as well as Georgetown University and the historic C&O Canal. Closest Metro is Foggy Bottom

Holocaust Museum
South of Independence Ave., SW, between 14th Street and Raoul Wallenberg Place
Metro: Smithsonian ⁄ 202-488-0400
www.ushmm.org
This impressive museum was built to remember and pay tribute to the millions of victims of the Holocaust, and to tell the story of this tragic era. The largest of its kind in the world, the Holocaust Museum uses authentic artifacts, oral histories and interactive displays to trace the story of Jewish persecution under the Nazi regime from its beginnings to liberation in 1945. Free admission, but tickets are required..

Jefferson Memorial
900 Ohio Drive, SW
Washington 20024
202-426-6821 or 202-619-7222
Open daily. Closed Christmas and New Year’s Day.

John F. Kennedy Centerfor the Performing Arts
2700 F Street N.W.,
Washington 20566
800-444-1324
202-467-4600
www.kennedy-center.org
Overlooking the Potomac River in Washington the nation's busiest arts facility, presenting more than 3,300 performances each year for audiences numbering more than 2 million. The Kennedy Center continues to fulfill his vision by producing and presenting an unmatched variety of theater and musicals, dance and ballet, orchestral, chamber, jazz, popular and folk music, and multi-media performances for all ages.

The Kennedy Center contains the Opera House, Concert Hall, Eisenhower Theater, the Terrace Theater, Hall of Nations, and the American Film Institute Theater. The Millennium Stage presents free performances in the Grand Foyer every night at 6 p.m. Open daily for public viewing, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. For group tour information, call 202-416-8341. Shuttle available from Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro.

Korean War Veterans Memorial
Across the Reflecting Pool from theVietnam Veterans Memorial on the Mall, Washington
Metro: Foggy Bottom-GWU or Smithsonian
202-426-6841 (Park Service National Mall number)
Commemorating the 628,000 troops who were killed in the Korean War, this memorial consists of 19 giant polished steel statues. On an adjacent black granite wall, more than 2,000 photographic images from the war have been sand-blasted onto the wall. Open daily, 8 a.m. - midnight

Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave, SE
Washington
202-707-8000
www.loc.gov
Housing more than 84 million items in 470 languages, the Library of Congress is one of the world's largest library systems. Congress established the library in 1800 for its use, but has extended its services over the years. The library is now open to the general public. Guided tours are given every hour from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. The library also features rotating exhibits, concerts, poetry readings, and public lectures. The nearest Metro is Capitol South.

Lincoln Memorial
West End of The Mall Near 23rd Street N.W., Washington 202-426-6841
The classic Greek temple memorial is located at West Potomac Park. This grand memorial overlooks the Reflecting Pool. Inside, the 19-foot marble statue of the 16th president is flanked by inscriptions of his Gettysburg Address and his second inaugural address. Open daily, 8 a.m. - midnight. From the nearest metro, Foggy Bottom-GWU, walk 8 blocks south along 23rd Street N.W.

National Air and Space Museum
6th St. and Independence Ave., S.W. Washington 20560 Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Centernear Dulles International Airport
14390 Air & Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, Va.
202-357-2700
www.nasm.si.edu
The National Air and Space Museum is open daily, except Dec. 25. General admission is free. Closest Metro is Smithsonian

Exhibits include the Wright Brothers' flyer, the Spirit of St. Louis, the Langley Theater IMAX films, the Einstein Planetarium, as well as hundreds of other aviation and space exhibits. Cafeteria and restaurant facilities are available. The new construction of the National Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles International Airport opened in December 2003. The new facility displays hundreds of additional artifacts and offers events, educational programs, IMAX films and more.

National Arboretum
3501 New York Ave. N.E., Washington
202-245-2726
www.usna.usda.gov This is an education and research facility encompassing 444 acres of world-class gardens, including the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum, the National Herb Garden, the Asian Collection, the Gotelli dwarf and slow growing conifer collection, and fern valley native plant collection. Grounds are open daily except Christmas, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Bonsai Collection hours are 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Free.

National Archives
Constitution Avenue Between 7th and 9th Streets N.W., Washington
Metro: Archives-Navy Memorial 202-501-5000 www.nara.gov See the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, among the more than three billion records and documents housed here. Main exhibit hall open daily, 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Free.

National Gallery of Art
6th Street and
Constitution Avenue, N.W.
www.nga.gov
202-737-4215
Open daily. Closed Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Take a taste of the finer things in life and view the collection of Renaissance paintings, Dutch masterworks, French impressionism, as well as 20th century paintings and sculptures in this national gallery. Nearest Metros are Archives, Federal Center, SW, or Judiciary Square

White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Washington 20500
202-456-2121
Construction on this hallowed residence began in 1792 and ended with much patriotic fanfare in 1800. Though never inhabited by George Washington himself, the White House was nevertheless conceived by the father of our nation as a holy fortress from which to guard against the tyranny of “big government“ and “social programs.“

The President’s house, one of the mostpopular sights in D.C. Only the public rooms on the ground floor and the state floor may be visited, and the hours are limited. The White House may be closed at various times due to security concerns and special events. Nearest Metros are the Farragut West, McPherson Square or Metro Center.

Union Station
50 Massachusetts Avenue N.E.,Washington, Metro: Red Line, Union Station
202-371-9441 This splendid Beaux-Arts structure not only houses a railroad station connecting the cities of the East Coast, it also has shopping galleries, restaurants and a food court. Open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sunday, noon-6 p.m

National Museum of Natural History
10th Street and Constitution Ave., N.W.
202-357-2700
www.mnh.si.edu Open 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily, and until 9 p.m. in the summer months.
The National Museum of Natural History has become the most visited museum in the world. At least 8 million people visited the museum in 2000. Highlights include archeological findings, anthropology and entomology exhibits, as well as a beautiful display of jewels and minerals. Closest Metro is Federal Triangle.

National Zoological Park
3001 Connecticut Ave. N.W.
Washington, 20008
202-673-4717
www.natzoo.si.edu
Highlights include the Great Flight Cage, Amazonia and the Great Ape House. Visit creatures ranging from giraffes to boa constrictors to big cats to the new panda bears. Open daily, except Christmas. From May 1 - Sept. 15, animal buildings are open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the grounds are open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. From Sept. 16- April 30, animal buildings are open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and grounds open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free. Closest Metro is Cleveland Park or Woodley Park-National Zoo.

MARYLAND

Antietam National Battlefield
One mile north of Sharpsburg, Md.,
on Route 65.
(301) 432-5124
www.nps.gov/anti/
General Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North culminated with the Battle of Antietam, in Maryland (or Sharpsburg, as the South called it). The battle took place Sept. 17, 1862, just 18 days after the Confederate victory at Second Manassas, 40 miles to the southeast in Virginia. The Visitor Center houses the museum, an observation room, a 134-seat theater, bookstore, and research library. The Visitor Center is open every day except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. An all-inclusive park entrance fee of $3.00 per adult or $5.00 per family is required. Children 16 and under are free. Ask about military group rates.

The Inner Harbor
800-543-1036
Spend the day in Baltimore's Inner Harbor and witness first-hand what makes Baltimore one of the greatest cities on the East Coast. Offering everything from exquisite dining and endless shopping to adventurous nightlife.

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
1850 Dual Highway, Suite 100
Hagerstown, Md. 21740-6620
301-739-4200
http://www.nps.gov/choh/co_visit.html
The C&O Canal follows the route of the Potomac River for 184 miles from Washington, D.C. to Cumberland, Md. The canal operated from 1828-1924 as a transportation route, primarily hauling coal from western Maryland to the port of Georgetown in Washington Hundreds of original structures, including locks, lockhouses, and aqueducts, serve as reminders of the canal's role as a transportation system during the Canal Era. In addition, the canal's towpath provides a nearly level, continuous trail through the spectacular scenery of the Potomac River Valley. Every year millions of visitors come to hike or bike the C&O Canal to enjoy the natural, cultural, and recreational opportunities available.

Fort McHenry
Baltimore, Md.
410-962-4299
www.nps.gov/fomc
This historic site, located in south Baltimore, features a replica flagpole on the 1814 site that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the words that later became our national anthem. The fort, named after James McHenry, secretary of war from 1796 to 1800, also features guard rooms, officers' quarters, barracks, and cannons from the War of 1812 and Civil War periods.

The Fort McHenry guard, in historic attire, re-enacts life at the garrison on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Guided tours are conducted daily from mid-June to August. Special exhibits are available for those who are visually or hearing impaired, and the visitor center has an exhibit area featuring a film. Open daily except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1.

United States Naval Academy
121 Blake Road
Annapolis, Md. 21402-5000
(410) 263-6933
www.nadn.navy.mil
Visit the U.S. Naval Academy and walk the grounds of the world-famous higher institution for U.S. Naval officers and home for approximately 4,500 midshipmen and women. Established in 1845, the academy has parades, concerts and other events every year during "Commissioning Week," finishing with graduation in late May. The Naval Academy Museum features 300 years of American Naval history. The center is open daily. Guided walking tours of the grounds are offered through the visitor center. Closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.

NORTHERN VIRGINIA

Appomattox Court House
Appomattox,Va. 24522
434-352-8987
www.nps.gov/apco
General Ulysses S. Grant and General Robert E. Lee fought their last battle in Appomattox, Va., on April 9, 1865. The Army of Northern Virginia launched its final offensive on that morning. However, by 10 a.m., General Lee knew he had lost the war. Grant and Lee met in the McLean House parlor and agreed to terms which ended the war at 3 p.m. that day.

This 1,347 acre national park has many sights including the restored parlor where the two generals met, a confederate cemetery, and the Appomattox Court House Building.

The park is open daily but closed on major holidays. Two miles northeast of Appomattox off Route 24.

Arlington National Cemetery
Memorial Bridge
and Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, Va. 22211
703-607-8000
www.arlingtoncemetery.org
Tomb of the Unknowns, Amphitheater, Arlington House and the grave of President John F. Kennedy. Changing of the guard at the tomb every half hour in the summer and every hour the rest of the year. Many other famous Americans are buried at the cemetery along with 175,000 fallen Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines from every war and conflict in our history. A guided tour bus runs daily.

Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
120 Chatham Lane, Fredericksburg, Va.
540-371-0802
www.nps.gov/frsp
Approximately 110,000 casualties occurred during the four major battles fought in the vicinity of Fredericksburg making it the bloodiest ground on the North American continent. In 1927 the U.S. Congress established Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Memorial National Military Park to commemorate the heroic deeds of the men engaged at the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House. Today the park also includes the historic structures of Chatham, Ellwood, Salem Church, and the Stonewall Jackson Shrine.

Mount Vernon
George Washington Memorial Parkway,
16 miles south of Washington, D.C.
703-780-2000
www.mountvernon.org
This Georgian-style, circa-1743 mansion was the home and plantation of George Washington. Located on the south bank of the Potomac River. Guided tours of the grounds and gardens are conducted daily from April through Labor Day.