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ACourtyard Washington Convention Center

Courtyard Washington Convention Center
  • 900 F St nw
    Washington, DC 20004
  • +1 800 368 9000
4.0
182+ reviews, 6 sources
  • Highlights: wheelchair accessible more
  • Location: Washington, Washington DC (7.0 miles from Landover)
  • comfortable mattresses, better bedding than a comparable hotel, good strong hot shower, average bath amenities, clean well maint more on TripAdvisor
  • the small side but clean & tidy. Beds very comfortable but street noise loud at times more on TripAdvisor

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Courtyard Washington Convention Center
900 F St nw
Washington, DC 20004

BLibrary of Congress

  • 101 Independence Ave SE
    Washington, DC 20003
  • 2027075000
4.5
18+ reviews, 2 sources
  • Highlights: wheelchair accessible more
  • Location: Washington, Washington DC (6.3 miles from Landover)
  • Overview The question most frequently asked by visitors to the Library of Congress is: Where are the books? The answer is: on the 532 miles of shelves located throughout the library's three buildings: the Thomas Jefferson, James Madison Memorial, and John Adams buildings. Established in 1800, "for the pur... more on Frommers
  • Overview Over the past 81 years, the Coolidge has hosted most of the 20th-century's greatest performers and composers, including Copland and Stravinsky. Today it draws musicians from all genres, including classical, jazz, and gospel, and it ... more on Fodor's

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Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave SE
Washington, DC 20003

CFolger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library
  • 201 East Capitol Street South East
    Washington, DC 20003-1004
  • +1 202 544 7077
3.5
6+ reviews, 2 sources
  • Overview Shakespeare taught us that the little world of the heart is vaster, deeper, and richer than the spaces of astronomy," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1864. A decade later, Amherst student Henry Clay Folger was profoundly affected by a lecture Emerson gave similarly extolling the bard. Folger purchas... more on Frommers
  • Overview View the world's largest collection of original Shakespeare manuscripts and books. This attraction ... more on Weather.com

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Folger Shakespeare Library
201 East Capitol Street South East
Washington, DC 20003-1004

DNational Archives and Records Administration

  • 700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
    Washington,DC,20408
  • +1 202 357 5000
4.0
22+ reviews, 2 sources
  • This is one of the most interesting of the Smithsonian museums. Home of the original Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and one of only four surviving ... more on Yelp
  • One of my fav museums in DC. Yes you should wait in line to see the magna carta and the declaration and all that.... but really there ... more on Yelp

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National Archives and Records Administration
700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington,DC,20408

EAntietam National Battlefield

Antietam National Battlefield
  • P.O. Box 158
    Sharpsburg, MD, 21782
  • +1 301 432 5124
4.5
4+ reviews, 2 sources
  • Highlights: visitor center, guided tours, picnic tables more
  • Location: Sharpsburg, Maryland (7.2 miles from Landover)
  • Excellent......I still get chills thinking about the view from the visitors center (upstairs) to the left Millers Cornfield...slightly right of center... sunken road and Bloody Lane....Burnside Bridge and the bluff where Georgian sharpshooters held Burnside til the afternoon. Auto tour was great.... more on TripAdvisor
  • We went to Gettysburg, and on the way up, noticed Antietam on the map. We decided to go there after Gettysburg. We loved Gettysburg, but Antietam is much smaller and less traffic. We bought the auto tour on CD that is made by the History Channel. Much more information than if you just did a drive... more on TripAdvisor

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Antietam National Battlefield
P.O. Box 158
Sharpsburg, MD, 21782

FSewall Belmont House

Sewall Belmont House
  • 144 Constitution Ave Northeast
    Washington DC, DC 20002
  • +1 202 546 1210
4.5
2+ reviews, 1 sources
  • Highlights: guided tours more
  • Location: Washington, Washington DC (6.3 miles from Landover)
  • This place is awesome- a best kept secret in DC. They redid their tour in the last year and they talk about the whole history of women's suffrage- from ... more on Yelp
  • Where did women get the right to vote? Well, right here. The Equal Rights Amendment, was planned and drafted in this house. more on Yelp

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Sewall Belmont House
144 Constitution Ave Northeast
Washington DC, DC 20002

GCollingwood Library and Museum on Americanism

  • 8301 East Boulevard Drive
    Alexandria, VA 22308-1316
  • +1 703 765 1652
  • Overview Originally part of George Washington's River Farm, the Collingwood Library is now a unique library on Americana. With its extensive collection of books on American heritage and a genealogy section on loan from the Mayflower Society of Washington, the library features replicas of the Constitution ... more on Virginia.org

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Collingwood Library and Museum on Americanism
8301 East Boulevard Drive
Alexandria, VA 22308-1316

HFrederick Douglass National Historic Site

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
  • 1411 W St SE
    Washington, DC 20020-4813
  • 800 967-2283 tour reservations
5.0
1+ reviews, 1 sources
  • Highlights: visitor center, guided tours, wheelch… more
  • Location: Washington, Washington DC (7.2 miles from Landover)
  • The home is nice, but pay close attention to the surrounding neighborhood. You will see FIRSTHAND the apparent contradictive nature of DC, which is simply a concentrated version of America all together. Stark poverty; ... more on Yahoo! Travel
  • Overview Abolitionist Frederick Douglass purchased this 21-room home, called Cedar Hill, making him the first African-American to buy a home in an area then restricted to whites. The home became the nation's first Black National Historic Site. Cedar Hill's furnishings are in large part the ones Douglass o... more on Yahoo! Travel

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Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
1411 W St SE
Washington, DC 20020-4813

IU.S. Navy Memorial & Naval Heritage Center

  • 701 Pennsylvania Ave
    NW, Washington, DC 20004
  • 2027372300
3.5
2+ reviews, 1 sources
  • Highlights: wheelchair accessible more
  • Location: Washington, Washington DC (7.8 miles from Landover)
  • Overview Gather with the lunch crowd under towering masts and waving flags in an open park-like memorial to the U. S. Navy and naval officers. Walk across the plaza on a 100-foot granite map of the world. Meet Stanley Bleifeld's "Lone Sailor," one of the most photographed statues in America. Conklin Rossa... more on Culturaltourismdc.org
  • Overview The southern hemisphere of the US Navy Memorial's 100-foot diameter granite map of the world is framed by 26 bronze reliefs. Set in deep relief, these 32- by 36-inch panels commemorate events in naval history or honor communities of the naval service, past and present. Children love to run their ... more on GoCityKids.com

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U.S. Navy Memorial & Naval Heritage Center
701 Pennsylvania Ave
NW, Washington, DC 20004

JGeorge Washington Masonic Memorial

  • 101 Callahan Drive
    Alexandria, Virginia 22301
  • +1 703 683 2007
0.0
1+ reviews, 1 sources
  • Overview Dedicated to the memory of George Washington, the memorial was erected by the Masons (of which Washington was a member) on May 12, 1932. The structure stands 333 feet tall and symbolizes the Masonic fraternity's faith in the principles of civil and religious liberty. Built like a citadel with a h... more on Weather.com
  • Overview Alexandria, like Washington, has no tall buildings, so the spire of this memorial dominates the surroundings. The building fronts King and Duke streets, Alexandria's major east-west arteries; from the ninth-floor observation deck you get a spectacular view of Alexandria, with Washington in the di... more on Fodor's

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George Washington Masonic Memorial
101 Callahan Drive
Alexandria, Virginia 22301

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