Some may ask why we remember the holocaust in this hall of democracy in the capital of the free world. For that matter, why is there Holocaust Museum on a National Model . The answer lies in the fact that this great country was founded on an idea, one of the most consequential ideas in human history. That ideas represented in this majestic space and engraved one entrance of the museum where vendors sitters encounter some of the most important words ever written about our national values. And it begins, we hold these truths to be selfevident, the declaration of independence was perhaps the very first human rights proclamation in universal freedom was at the heart of our democracy. This democracy is situated at one end of the mall and at the other end since the lincoln memorial. Midway between is our museum. His lesson stand as a cautionary tale in stark contrast to the rest of the mall. As one u. S. Senator said shortly after the museum opened, the Washington Monument has never looked q