The club you may belong to has rules or laws. So do governments.
But the people who run governments don’t meet in a basement or a
clubhouse the way your club might. Instead, they meet in special places
in cities called capitals. Some government leaders meet in buildings on
hills. Some meet in buildings on an island, and the leaders of at least
one government meet in a museum.
On the following pages, you will visit places where governments are run
in different parts of the world.
NAMING THE WHITE HOUSE
George Washington chose the place where the house of the President of the United States was built in Washington, D.C. From time to time, this famous house has been repaired and rebuilt. Even though…
UP THE HILL
If the flag flies during the day, it means that they’re meeting. But, if a red light shines at the top of the flagpole at night, it means they’ve gone home. Who are they? They are the lawmakers of…
A PALACE FOR LAWMAKERS
Queen Elizabeth II of England opens a session of Parliament. There is a palace where you could have a lot of fun playing. It has a hundred stairways to climb, passageways to run through, and a…
GOVERNMENT IN A MUSEUM
You might expect to find barracks for soldiers behind the walls of a fortress. But would you also expect to find palaces, and cathedrals, and even some government buildings there? Such buildings…
