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An autumnal view of Arlington Cemetery, Virginia, America’s largest and best-knownnational burial grounds. More than 260,000 people are buried at Arlington Cemetery,including veterans from all the nation’s wars.A mother and daughter viewing documents in the Exhibition Hallof the National Archives. The U.S. Constitution, the Declaration ofIndependence, and the Bill of Rights are on display in this Washington,D.C., building.Fireworks celebrating the arrival of the Millennium illuminate two majormonuments in Washington, D.C., the Lincoln Memorial on the left and theobelisk-shaped Washington Monument, center. The Lincoln Memorial’s north andsouth side chambers contain carved inscriptions of his Second Inaugural Addressand his Gettysburg Address. The tallest structure in the nation’s capital,the Washington Monument was dedicated on February 21, 1885.175