Washington, D.C.

The final stop links today’s ceremonial post to the day when its garrison marched out to meet the British army.

This stop explains why the familiar approach to Congress required the destruction of the former park.

A working counter will help you understand how the tenants preserved a place the city was already planning to close.

A private collection becomes an occasion to talk about land, concealed purchases, and a project that the collector's wife completed after his death.

The finale will distinguish the preserved parts of the building from the reconstructed theater interior.

The finale will compare two images of one president and two decisions about what to conceal.

Here it will become clear why a prepared text could not contain the most memorable part of the speech.

This stop continues the conversation about military memory through a man who worked to have names appear on the memorial.

Here, a white handkerchief leads to a high-profile trial and an unexpected verdict.

Here you will see how private books and cramped working conditions changed the idea of a library for the whole country.

The steps connect the memorial to the president with the struggle against segregation in Washington itself.

Here, the ceremonial vista gives way to the story of how city residents wanted to use the pool in winter.

Grooves in the stone will show that a dispute over memory can end in the removal of words.

This stop will show how the country's main documents were first brought together in one rotunda.

This stop will show how a veteran’s private question became a shared memorial.

Here, one trip will become evidence that two courts assess differently.

Behind the ceremonial facade lies an episode in which a dispute over slavery moved from parliamentary speech to direct violence.

One poorly prepared petition shows how a constitutional question can begin far from the halls of the capital.

The monumental entrance to the capital opens the route with the story of the moment when the usual arrival arrangement stopped working.

Here it will become clear why a private foundation needed one sailor and a round map of the world.

The wall will show how a list of names became a place for letters and personal items.

Here, it becomes clear how an unfinished construction project left a legible boundary on the main obelisk.

Here, the fire will test which parts of the house and which painting survive the invasion.