NYLC Site Discoveries

A list of sites that are related to the program curriculum, and which are explored by students attending the National Young Leaders Conference is below.

• 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
• Floor of the House of Representatives
• Capitol Hill, including
• U.S. Capitol
• U.S. Capitol Visitor Center
• U.S. Supreme Court
• Library of Congress
• Folger Shakespeare Library
• The United States Botanic Garden
• The National Press Club
• Nationals Park for a Washington Nationals baseball game or Pfitzner Stadium for a Potomac Nationals minor league baseball game (Summer Sessions Only)
• Photo opportunity at the White House
• Smithsonian Museums and the National Mall, including (exploration schedules are at the discretion of individual scholars)
• Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
• Hirshorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
• National Air and Space Museum
• The National Archives
• National Gallery of Art
• National Museum of the American Indian
• National Museum of American History
• National Museum of Natural History
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Issue Advocacy at a Well-known Organization in D.C., including (scholars visits one each, generally according to preference) (Summer Sessions Only)
• 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
• U.S. Department of the Interior (only some forums host their Model Congress General Session here)