- Lincoln Memorial: Honoring the 16th president
- President Lincoln’s Cottage: A favorite retreat for Lincoln and his family
- Arlington House: Home of Robert E. Lee
- Grant Memorial: Honoring the Union general
- Howard University: Named for General Oliver Otis Howard, founder of the university and commissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau
- Dupont Circle: Named for Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont—but the statue originally commissioned in his honor was moved to Delaware and replaced by a fountain designed by Daniel French, who also designed the Lincoln Memorial.
- Madame Tussauds: Pose for pictures with Lincoln, Grant and other notables.
- White House: The famous address was home to the Lincoln family during the war.
- Farragut Square: Named for Admiral David Farragut, famous for his quote, “Damn the torpedoes! Full steam ahead.”
- Shaw Memorial at the National Gallery of Art: Home to a powerful memorial created by Auguste Saint-Gaudens to honor one of the first African-American units of the Civil War, led by Robert Gould Shaw and immortalized in the film, “Glory.”
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