The words inscribed on our most treasured national monuments eloquently address subjects from freedom to war to the arts, organized geographically, features several such timeless quotations, with twenty-five illustrations and a map showing site locations.

Includes index.

Jefferson Memorial (p. 8) -- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (p. 12) -- Department of Agriculture (p. 17) -- Library of Congress (p. 19) -- Thomas Jefferson Building (p. 20) -- John Adams building (p. 37) -- James Madison Memorial Building (p. 38) -- Folger Shakespeare Library (p. 41) -- Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial (p. 46) -- Supreme Court of the United States (p. 48) -- United States Capitol (p. 51) -- Robert A. Taft Memorial (p. 59) -- Union Station (p. 61) -- National Postal Museum (p. 66) -- National Archives (p. 68) -- Department of Justice (p. 71) -- Former Post Office Department Building (p. 74) -- Freedom Plaza (p. 76) -- Department of Commerce (p. 87) -- National Museum of American History (p. 91) -- Constitution Hall (p. 94). Cont.): Vietnam Veterans Memorial (p. 96) -- Lincoln Memorial (p. 98) -- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (p. 104) -- Theodore Roosevelt Memorial (p. 107) -- Arlington National Cemetery (p. 111) -- Tomb of the Unknowns (p. 111) -- Arlington Memorial Amphitheater (p. 112) -- John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy Gravesites (p. 113).