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Our National Mall

400 minutes

21 Items

Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation

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2746 Words

Gettysburg Address Annotated

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A photo of Abraham Lincoln, the 16 th president of the United States

Handout A: Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

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The Vietnam War: Ia Drang Valley

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2113 Words

The Korean War and the Battle of Chosin Reservoir

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2605 Words

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2162 Words

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2083 Words

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

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1693 Words

Handout A: George Washington (1732–1799)

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45 Min

Washington Crossing the Delaware

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2271 Words

Under My Vine and Fig Tree: George Washington’s Resignation and Integrity – Handout A: Narrative

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Washington’s First Inaugural Address, 1789

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40 Min

Washington’s Farewell Address Annotated

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The Crash of 1929

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2169 Words

You Felt He was Talking to You – Handout A: Narrative

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I Have a Dream – Handout A: Narrative

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Handout A: George Mason (1725-1792)

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15 Min

Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence

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3472 Words

General Dwight D. Eisenhower: D-Day and Responsibility – Handout A: Narrative

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Handout A: Eisenhower and the Little Rock Crisis

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An image of Union general Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate commander Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House as they agree to terms of Lee’s surrender

Grant and Lee at Appomattox

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2057 Words