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4 Sewall-Belmont House
A life-size statue of the French
martyr Joan of Arc (a replica of
a French sculpture) graces this PENN
18th-century house that serves QUARTER
as the headquarters of the
National Women’s Party. MALL CAPITOL HILL
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C O N S T I T U T I O N A V E N U E N E M A R Y L A N D A V E N U E N E Senate Offices

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3 US Supreme Court
The highest court in the
land has been housed since
1935 in this classical marble
building designed by
Cass Gilbert.
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1 . Library
of Congress
Thomas Jefferson sold his
personal book collection
to the Library of Congress
after the British had burned 2 Folger Shakespeare Library
the Capitol, which housed A tribute to the Bard’s works and times,
the Library, using the the library also doubles as a museum
books as kindling. displaying Elizabethan treasures.

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