History Pictures

Canyon De Chelly, Arizona: White House Ruins

Venice, Italy

St. Mark's Square: St. Mark's Cathedral and the clock tower of Venice

Venice

Bridge of Sighs

Venice

Rialto Bridge over the Grand Canal

Venice

Clock tower

Florence, Italy

Duomo

Florence

The Baptistry, across the street from the Duomo

Florence

Baptistry doors

Florence

Michaelangelo's grave

Pisa, Italy

The Leaning Tower: yes that is all it does

Florence

Ponte Vecchio

Florence

Great view from across the river

Williamsburg, Virginia

Governor's Palace at Colonial Williamsburg.

Williamsburg, Virginia

Colonial Virginia capitol building.

San Antonio, Texas

San Jose: Old Spanish Mission established in 1700s

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Liberty Bell

Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Independence Hall

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Room where Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed.

Benjamin Franklin's Gravesite

In the courtyard of a church in Philadelphia

Mount Vernon, Virginia

Black porch of the home of George Washington.

Mount Vernon

Tomb of George Washington (That's my sister with the pony tail and my dad in blue).

John Adams and John Quincy Adams's Gravesites

Buried in the basement of a church in Quincy, Massachusetts

Monticello, Virginia

Home of Thomas Jefferson.

Thomas Jefferson's Gravesite

At Monticello

Gateway Arch: St. Louis, MO

Officially the Jefferson National Expansion Monument

Oliver Perry Peace Monument

Commemorating battle on Lake Erie during the War of 1812

The Hermitage: Nashville, Tennessee

Home of Andrew Jackson.

The Hermitage

Tomb of Andrew Jackson.

San Antonio, Texas

The Alamo: 1836 siege during the Texas Revolution

The Alamo

The Alamo

Two ghosts remembering the Alamo

Birthplace of Martin Van Buren

He was born in a cabin on this site

Martin Van Buren's Gravesite

William Henry Harrison Tomb

North Bend, Ohio

Harrison's Tomb

Oregon Trail

The start of the trail, in Independence, Missouri

Sante Fe Trail

Also in Independence, MO

Battle of Shiloh: Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee

Sunken Road and Hornet's Nest from the April, 1862 Civil War battle.

Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee

Tenessee River landing at the Battle of Shiloh.

Burnside Bridge: Sharpsburg, Maryland

Famous bridge from the September, 1862 Civil War Battle of Antietam.

Battle of Antietam

View of the bridge from the opposite side of Antietam Creek.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Monument to the 20th Maine on Little Round Top.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

View of the 20th Maine's position from the bottom of the hill.

Battle of Gettysburg

View from Confederate position of Little Round Top from the July, 1863 battle.

Battle of Gettysburg

View from the Confederate side of Pickett's Charge.

Battle of Gettysburg

View from the Union side of Pickett's Charge.

Battle of Gettysburg

General Robert E. Lee monument.

Battle of Gettysburg

The Angle: Furthest point achieved by the Confederate army during the Civil War.

Gettysburg National Cemetery

Location of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

Gettysburg National Cemetery

My family and I visiting the battlefield in 1986. I am on the far right.

Gettysburg National Cemetery

My dad and I visiting the battlefield in 2006. I am on the right.

Stone Mountain, Georgia

Stone sculpture depicting the Confederate's heros: Lee, Jackson, and Davis.

Ford's Theatre: Washington, DC

Exterior of the theatre where Abraham Lincoln was shot.

Ford's Theatre

Box where Lincoln was sitting when he was shot by John Wilkes Booth in April, 1865.

Peterson House: Washington DC

House across the street from Ford's Theatre, where Lincoln died the next morning.

Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC

Lincoln Memorial

"Now he belongs to the ages." - Secretary of War, Edward Stanton.

Lincoln's Tomb

In Springfield, IL

Lincoln's Tomb

Spiegel's Grove: Fremont, Ohio

Home of President Rutherford B. Hayes.

Fremont, Ohio

Tomb of Rutherford B. Hayes.

Cleveland, Ohio

Gravesite of President James Garfield

Tomb of Garfield and his wife

Garfield statue in his tomb

Gravesite of President Chester A. Arthur

South Fork, Pennsylvania

Remains of the collapsed dam that flood the city of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

William H. Taft's Gravesite

The only other president, outside of JFK, who is buried at Arlington National Cemetery

Washington National Cathedral

Woodrow Wilson's tomb

Inside Washington National Cathedral

West Branch, Iowa

Birthplace of President Herbert Hoover.

West Branch, Iowa

Herbert Hoover and his wife's gravesite.

Hoover Dam

Hoover Dam

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

USS Arizona Memorial.

USS Arizona Memorial

USS Arizona

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

USS Missouri

USS Missouri

Site of Japanese surrender to end World War II.

USS Missouri

Marine Corps Memorial

In Arlington, Virginia, commemorating the flag raising on Iwo Jima during World War II

Independence, Missouri

Home of President Harry S Truman.

Independence, Missouri

Gravesite of Harry Truman and his wife, Bess.

Westminster College: Fulton, Missouri

Monument to Winston Churchill. His "Iron Curtain" speech was given at the college.

Berlin Wall: Fulton, Missouri

A portion of the Berlin Wall in Fulton, near the site of the "Iron Curtain" speech.

Dallas, Texas: Texas School Book Depository Building

Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly shot and killed John Kennedy from the 6th floor window on the far right.

Dealy Plaza: The Grassy Knoll

Dealy Plaza

X marks the location of Kennedy when he was struck by the fatal gun shot to the head.

Dallas, Texas: Dealy Plaza

Arlington National Cemetery: Arlington, Virginia

Gravesite of John F. Kennedy.

Lorraine Motel: Memphis, Tennessee

Assassination site of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Memphis, Tennessee

Wreath designates the room outside of which King was shot.

Arlington National Cemetery: Arlington, Virginia

Gravesite of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

Grand Rapids, MI

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum

Gerald R. Ford's Gravesite

Outside of his Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids

The Wall: Washington, DC

Vietnam Veteran's Memorial.

Arlington National Cemetery: Arlington, Virginia

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

4 Corners: Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah

The White House

The other side of the White House

United States Capital Building

Washington, DC

Cooperstown, NY: Baseball Hall of Fame

 

Pictures taken by myself, Sarah, my mom, dad, brother, or Jenn.

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Last Updated: 01/06/2009