NYLC Site Discoveries

The following notable Washington, D.C. sites are all part of the 2013 NYLC schedule!

• The National Memorials, including
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial
• Thomas Jefferson Memorial
• Korean War Veteran’s Memorial
• Lincoln Memorial
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial
• Vietnam Women’s Memorial
• National World War II Memorial
• Capitol Hill, including
• the U.S. Capitol -- All sessions this summer are being granted the rare privilege of access to the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives!
• U.S. Capitol Visitor Center
• U.S. Supreme Court
• Library of Congress
• Folger Shakespeare Library
• The United States Botanic Garden
• Nationals Park for a Washington Nationals baseball game or Prince Georges Stadium for a Bowie Baysox minor league baseball game
• Photo opportunity in front of the White House
• The Smithsonian Institution and the National Mall, including
• Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
• Hirshorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
• Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
• The National Archives
• National Gallery of Art
• Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
• Smithsonian National Museum of American History
• Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• NYLC students who have attended past Conferences participated in advocacy efforts at these well-known organizations in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area:
• American-Israel Public Affairs Committee
• American Petroleum Institute
• Amnesty International
• Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
• Democratic National Committee
• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
• Greenpeace
• Human Rights Campaign
• Judicial Watch
• National Rifle Association
• Population Connection
• Republican National Committee
• UNICEF

*the list of participating institutions is updated for each session, according to relevance to the current curriculum and availability.