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1885 The Washington Monument opens. 1901 A committee meets to redesign the nation’s capital. 1922 The Lincoln Memorial is built. 1963 Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. 1982 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opens. 1999 The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden opens. 2011 The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial opens. 29 GLOSSARY architect (AR-ki-tekt): someone who designs buildings artifacts (ART-uh-fakts): objects made or changed by humans civil rights (SIV-il RITES): the rights that all members of society have to equal treatment engineer (en-juh-NEER): someone who is trained to design or build machines or structures envisioned (en-VIZH-uhnd): imagined something for the future granite (GRAN-it): a hard, gray rock marble (MAR-buhl): a hard stone with colored patterns in it mementos (muh-MEN-tohs): small items kept to remember a place, person, or event memorial (muh-MOR-ee-uhl): something built or done to help people remember a person or event monument (MON-yuh-muhnt): a statue, building, or other structure that reminds people of an event or person obelisk (OB-uh-lisk): a tall, four-sided piece of stone that has a pyramid shape at the top and is narrower at the top than at the bottom 30 INDEX Capitol Building 9, 26 Constitution Avenue 6, 27 Constitution Gardens 18, 27 Enid A.
1963 Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. 1982 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opens. 1999 The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden opens. 2011 The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial opens. 29 GLOSSARY architect (AR-ki-tekt): someone who designs buildings artifacts (ART-uh-fakts): objects made or changed by humans civil rights (SIV-il RITES): the rights that all members of society have to equal treatment engineer (en-juh-NEER): someone who is trained to design or build machines or structures envisioned (en-VIZH-uhnd): imagined something for the future granite (GRAN-it): a hard, gray rock marble (MAR-buhl): a hard stone with colored patterns in it mementos (muh-MEN-tohs): small items kept to remember a place, person, or event memorial (muh-MOR-ee-uhl): something built or done to help people remember a person or event monument (MON-yuh-muhnt): a statue, building, or other structure that reminds people of an event or person obelisk (OB-uh-lisk): a tall, four-sided piece of stone that has a pyramid shape at the top and is narrower at the top than at the bottom 30 INDEX Capitol Building 9, 26 Constitution Avenue 6, 27 Constitution Gardens 18, 27 Enid A.
1855 The Smithsonian Building opens. 1881 The Arts and Industry Building opens. 1885 The Washington Monument opens. 1901 A committee meets to redesign the nation’s capital. 1922 The Lincoln Memorial is built. 1963 Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. 1982 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opens. 1999 The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden opens. 2011 The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial opens. 29 GLOSSARY architect (AR-ki-tekt): someone who designs buildings artifacts (ART-uh-fakts): objects made or changed by humans civil rights (SIV-il RITES): the rights that all members of society have to equal treatment engineer (en-juh-NEER): someone who is trained to design or build machines or structures envisioned (en-VIZH-uhnd): imagined something for the future granite (GRAN-it): a hard, gray rock marble (MAR-buhl): a hard stone with colored patterns in it mementos (muh-MEN-tohs): small items kept to remember a place, person, or event memorial (muh-MOR-ee-uhl): something built or done to help people remember a person or event monument (MON-yuh-muhnt): a statue, building, or other structure that reminds people of an event or person obelisk (OB-uh-lisk): a tall, four-sided piece of stone that has a pyramid shape at the top and is narrower at the top than at the bottom 30 INDEX Capitol Building 9, 26 Constitution Avenue 6, 27 Constitution Gardens 18, 27 Enid A.
