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| Along with printing money, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing mints coins. |
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| Congress has final review of DC laws. |
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| Duke Ellington was born at 1212 T St |
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| From 1800 to 1814 the Library of Congress was housed in various parts of the capitol. |
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| George Washington started the Library of Congress |
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| Helen Taft received a second set of cherry trees in 1965 |
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| The Blair-Lee house is open to the public |
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| The first set of cherry blossom trees were sent in 1912 |
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| FALSE - the first group of trees arrived on January 6, 1910 but were infested with insects and destroyed |
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| The Gutenberg Bible is located in an art museum |
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| FALSE - it is located in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress |
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| The Holocaust museum opened in the spring of 1994 |
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| The man that started Kenilworth Gardens was a government employee |
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| FALSE - the gardens were purchased in 1938 by the federal government, after operating for 56 years as a commercial garden |
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| The National Museum of African Art displays traditional arts of the Caribbean. |
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| The plan for the National Cathedral began in 1790 when congress decided to set aside land for a national church. |
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| The Sackler Gallery is dedicated to Asian art. |
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| The Senate underground subway connects the senate buildings with the capitol. |
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| To be eligible for a tour guide license you must have at least 20/40 vision without corrections. |
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| You can go downstairs in the Supreme Court and watch a 20-minute video on history of Supreme Court. |
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