Great Monuments of Washington D.C.- The History Channel (The White House, the Presidential Memorials, War Memorials

I purchased this DVD with the expectation of playing it in the van while we traveled to Washington D.C. for a Spring Break trip. In addition to the literature I had amassed in planning the trip, I thought the kids, and I, would learn a few things about the sites we were about to see from the DVD. Turned out that the kids didn't want to watch it going out to D.C., but did opt to view it on the return trip. Ten hours, each way, is a lot of time in the 'ol mini-van! The DVD was a nice change of pace from the movies we had loaded up. The kids were 10 and 12, and we all thought it was worth a viewing/listen. I'll break it out again when we take our two younger kids to D.C. in a few years.One word of warning - allow three weeks for delivery of the DVD, if you want it by a certain date (like before a Spring Break trip!) I had a window of 12 days for the delivery. It arrived the day before we left, one day after the 'last' quoted date of its expected arrival.

I ordered this to replace my VHS copy recorded from way back when the History Channel first went on the air -- needless to say, the VHS quality was rather poor. I really enjoy this series and the amount of detail that they get into about each monument -- not too much, but certainly going beyond the superficial with a lot of interesting historical nuggets. Unfortunately, this was (at least) a 4-part series and this DVD only includes 3 parts (part 4 features the Library of Congress, National Archives, and Supreme Court). I'm sure they had a reason for omitting it, but I can't imagine why. So I'll convert my VHS copy of that episode to digital and live with it for now.

I purchased this for grandson, age 10. It is a very good, educational video. Almost 3 hrs! It has considerable narrative, background history and is great for ages 15 and higher, perhaps. Just a little too long in narrative for young kids. But nevertheless, it is a good purchase. My grandson will grow into this and one day look back on his trip to DC and at that time, he;ll be more interested in the longer videos. It breaks the topics down into segments and then, there is about a 15-20 minute history, background of the monument's history, etc. For young kids, it will not hold their attention long enough. Still- -it is worth purchasing.

I live in Califorina and had a few business trips schedule in D.C.They made the flight much more enjoyable and were very interesting.My intent was to sneak off to see the momuments but never got the chancebut was still happy that I purchased them.I saw the Monuments in the 80's and it did back happy memories.I also watch the with my dad who is a history buff and he also really enjoyed them and learn new things.

This DVD gave a very good overview of the monuments. I was planning a trip to DC, but couldn't see everything in the short time that I had. This DVD helped me determine which monuments I really wanted to visit. Anyone visiting DC should know that -- as of this writing -- the Washington Monument is closed because of damage sustained during last year's earthquake.

Cover s a number of the Washington monuments very well. A very good well rounded documentary on the Washington Mall area. Recommend reviewing prior to making a trip to DC.

Did not focus equally on all the monuments. Very interesting detail about Arlington cemetary. Interesting, but goes a little long on some parts of the Arlington cemetary, at least, that viewing got a little trite.

It was full of very interesting historical information. I would have liked it to have included more than just Arlington, Vietnam, Jefferson, Washington, and Lincoln memorial information..