How can you get teachers thinking about monuments and memorials as secondary and primary sources? Historians Christopher Hamner and Michael O’Malley started out by introducing teachers to the George Mason Memorial, Washington, DC.
What messages are hidden in art and architecture? Explore the Library of Congress’s Jefferson Building in this online activity.
How does the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington, DC, depict Grant and the Civil War? Historians Christopher Hamner and Michael O’Malley take a look.
The cherry trees in Washington, DC were a gift from Japan. What does their history tell us?