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| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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 Carved totem pole. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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The coelocanth was thought to be extinct until it was discovered in the seas off West Africa. It an ancestor of lungfish and tetrapods. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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Suchians are relatives of crocodiles. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
|
Museum of Natural History |
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Duck billed dinosaur. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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Triceratops. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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Dinosaur eggs. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
|
Museum of Natural History |
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Stegasaurus. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
|
Museum of Natural History |
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Herbivore dinosaur. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
|
Museum of Natural History |
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Family tree of a group of dinosaurs. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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Diadectes phaseolinus is the ancestor of amniotes, true land animals with water tight eggs. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
|
Museum of Natural History |
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Giant sloth. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
|
Museum of Natural History |
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Mammoth. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
|
New York City |
|
Museum of Natural History |
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Two Protoceratops. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
|
New York City |
|
Museum of Natural History |
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Family tree of mammals. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
|
New York City |
|
Museum of Natural History |
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Protoceratops. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
|
New York City |
|
Museum of Natural History |
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The Agate Spring Block is rich in mammal fossils. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
|
New York City |
|
Museum of Natural History |
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Leaf insect. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
|
New York City |
|
Museum of Natural History |
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Spiny flower mantis. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
|
New York City |
|
Museum of Natural History |
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View from the upper level. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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View of 1st Avenue. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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1st Avenue runs by the East River. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
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New York City |
United Nations HQ |
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The United Nations complex is outside the territory and juristiction of the USA. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
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New York City |
United Nations HQ |
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The Secretariat is the administrative offices. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
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New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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One of the architects who designed the building was Le Corbusier. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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The United Nations flag. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
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New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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Memorial for Non-Violence, a gift from Luxemburg. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
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New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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The visitor centre runs tours through the building. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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Statue of Nelson Mandela, the first President of post Apartheid South Africa. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
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New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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The building is very modern. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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Portrait of Ban Ki Moon (South Korea), General Secretary of the United Nations between 2007 and 2016. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
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New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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Portrait of Kofi Annan (Ghana), General Secretary of the United Nations between 1997 and 2006. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
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New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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Portrait of Boutros Boutros Ghali (Egypt), General Secretary of the United Nations between 1992 and 1996. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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Portrait of U Thant (Myanmar), General Secretary of the United Nations between 1961 and 1971. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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Mural from the UN World Youth Assembly (1973). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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Mural about hope. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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Mural about hope. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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Mural about hope. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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Part of the Declaration of Human Rights. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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The right of free speech. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
Security Council |
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The United Nations Security Council chamber. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
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New York City |
United Nations HQ |
Security Council |
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Mural showing a phoenix rising out of the ashes of World War 2. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
Security Council |
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The Security Council has power but is not democratic as five countries are permanent members and have veto power. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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Mural from Belarus. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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The United Nations Economic and Development Forum. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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The Economic and Development Forum is one of six principle organs of the UN. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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Nobel Peace Prize for the United Nations. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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Human rights mosaic. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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Single face from the human rights mosaic. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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Gift from Thailand. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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Gift from Malaysia. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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Gift from Benin. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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United Nations posters. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
General Assembly |
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The United Nations General Assembly. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
General Assembly |
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The United Nations General Assembly discussing a motion to make Palestine a full member of the UN. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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The UN General Assembly is democratic but none of its resolutions are legally binding. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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Tapestry from Panama. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
Museum |
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Land mine, a topic being discussed by the United Nations. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
Museum |
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Incendery device for starting fires. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
Museum |
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Exhibitions about the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima by the USA. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
Museum |
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Fused metal from Hiroshima. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
Museum |
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Damaged clothing from from Hiroshima. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
Museum |
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Damaged ceramics from from Hiroshima. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
Museum |
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Model of Sputnik I, the first human made object to be placed into orbit around the Earth (4 October, 1957, Soviet Union). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
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New York City |
United Nations HQ |
Museum |
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Foucault Pendulum. This device proves that the Earth is spinning on its axis and that it has a spherical shape. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
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New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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Symbol of the United Nations. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
|
New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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View from the grounds. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
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New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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View from the UN complex, looking West towards Manhattan. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Extraterritorial [UN] |
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New York City |
United Nations HQ |
|
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View to the East towards Queens across from the Hudson River. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Washington DC is the capital of the USA. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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|
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The city is not in any state. The District of Columbia is an area under Senate control. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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|
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The city is the centre of the country's Federal Government. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
National Mall |
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The National Mall is an enormous park. At its centre is the Washington Memorial. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
National Mall |
|
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The Mall is 4km long and 500m wide. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
National Mall |
|
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The Mall contains the USA's most important national monuments. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
National Mall |
|
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The Mall is home to some government buildings like the Capitol. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
|
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The Mall is flanked by a series of excellent museums run by the Smithsonian Institute. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Lincoln Memorial |
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The Lincoln Memorial. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Lincoln Memorial |
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The Lincoln Memorial is on the Western end of the National Mall. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Lincoln Memorial |
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The Memorial lists the 48 States that were part of the USA in 1914 when it was completed. Since then (2024), Hawaii and Alaska were added. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Lincoln Memorial |
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The Memorial has 36 columns representing the 36 states in Lincoln's Union in the 1860s. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Lincoln Memorial |
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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was President of the USA from 1861, including through the USA Civil War, until his assassination in 1865. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Lincoln Memorial |
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View from the foot of the 5.8m high statue. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Lincoln Memorial |
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The head of the statue. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Lincoln Memorial |
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The Gettysburg Address, an 1863 speech made by Lincoln for a cemetery dedicated to the over 50,000 dead from the battle which changed the course of the Civil War. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Lincoln Memorial |
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The Memorial is a popular attraction for both domestic and foreign tourists. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Lincoln Memorial |
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Visitors from Colombia. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Lincoln Memorial |
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At the top of the Lincoln Memorial is a slab inscribed to mark the place where Martin Luther King stood in 1963 to make his "I Have a Dream" speech. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Lincoln Memorial |
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The view from the base of the Lincoln Memorial along the National Mall. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Lincoln Memorial |
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View of the Washington Memorial, 1.5km away and the Capitol, 2.5km further on. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Lincoln Memorial |
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Policeman. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Lincoln Memorial |
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View of Arlington, Virginia from the Memorial. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Arlington Bridge |
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The Western end of the Mall is marked by Arlington Bridge that crosses the Potomac River into Virginia. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Arlington Bridge |
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The neoclassical Arlington Bridge is 660m long and was built in 1932. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Martin Luther King Memorial |
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The entrance to the Martin Luther King Memorial. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Martin Luther King Memorial |
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The Memorial is 10m high rock with a carving of King by Lei Yixin completed in 2011. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Martin Luther King Memorial |
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Martin Luther King (1929-1968) was a Civil Rights activist against Segregation during the 1950s and 1960s until his assassination in Memphis. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Martin Luther King Memorial |
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One of several Martin Luther King speeches: "True peace is not merely the absence of tension. It is the presence of Justice" (1958). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
|
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The Jefferson Memorial (1943) is for the USA's third President, Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). He was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Einstein Memorial |
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The Einstein Memorial (1978). Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was an Austrian physicist who lived in the USA near New York. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
National Mall |
Einstein Memorial |
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Three famous equations formulated by Einstein. The Tensor Equation of General Relativity (a new theory of gravity), the Photoelectric Effect (which used quantum effects and won him the Nobel Prize) and the famous E equals MC squared. |
2024 |
