washington DC trip Flashcards
On the (blank) Floor there is a metal sign with a slogan from the entrance of Auschwitz. What does the sign read? Arbeit Macht Frei And what does it mean? Work Sets You Free
“final Solution”
Arbeit Macht Frei
work will set you free
What is significant about the Wright Flyer 1903?
It is the actual aircraft in which the brothers made the “first flight”
The pressurized suit of which man, who took a “small step” is on display here?
Neil Armstrong
Most of the museums in D.C. are all known by this title
Smithsonian.
Which presidential monument has a dome on top?
Jefferson Memorial
“Injustice anywhere, is a threat to justice everywhere.” This was engraved on which monument?
ML King Memorial
Which presidential monument displayed a man in a wheelchair and a dog named “Fala”?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which Gettysburg event is shown in the 42-foot high “Gettysburg Cyclorama oil Painting” in the visitor’s center?
Pickett’s Charge
On the brochure map, why is #15 called “the High Water Mark”?
The Angle was the climax of the battle-the furthest the Confederacy penetrated into the Union line
Where is Reynolds Avenue?
North of the town where the Dunlap Restaurant was located
Why is it called Reynolds Avenue?
Named after Union General Reynolds-the highest ranking soldier that died at Gettysburg
one what day did he fight?
day 1
After Day 1, the Confederates occupied (western side of map), and the Union occupied (eastern side of map)
Seminary Ridge
Cemetery Ridge
A Union General lost a leg attempting to get to the Peach Orchard. Who was the general? And where in Washington D.C. can we go to visit his leg?
spikels and we can find it in the national museum of health and medicine
Who has a portion of his December 8th speech engraved in the Pacific side of the WWII memorial?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
