FEDERAL HALL NATIONAL MEMORIAL. On this site once stood the old New York City Hall, renamed Federal Hall, the first Capitol of the United States under the Constitution.

In it Peter Zenger was tried and acquitted in the first important victory for freedom of speech and press; in it the Stamp Act Congress met, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Northwest Ordinance and resolutions calling the Constitutional Convention, and transmitted the Constitution to the colonial legislatures for ratification. In it was held the first Congress under the Constitution—which adopted the Bill of Rights.

George Washington took the oath of office as the first President of the United States on its balcony.

The present structure, a splendid example of Greek Revival architecture, was erected in 1842. Originally it served as the New York City Custom House. It contains many exhibits and historic objects connected with the site.

LINCOLN MEMORIAL. This memorial to Abraham Lincoln in the Nation's Capital draws more than one and a half million visitors each year. The exterior of the Lincoln Memorial symbolizes the Union of the United Stares of America. Inside, a colossal statue of Lincoln, by the sculptor Daniel Chester French, is so placed that it faces out toward the Washington Monument and the Capitol. (Photograph by Abbie Rowe.)