Nearly every year my daughter and I head downtown when visiting the in-laws in the DC area. We go to the Mall and go to a museum or two. This year, we did things a bit differently, focusing on memorials and monuments. College Spew came to the same conclusion I always come to--the US capital is mighty special in how much amazing stuff is packed into a small area. Other nation's capitals have cool stuff, but not quite this wonderful dynamic density of museums, moving memorials, and cool scenery: |
| We will have to save the Holocaust Museum for another time |
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| Pentagon and 9/11 Memorial from an angle I had never taken before |
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| My kid's photography class pays off |
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| Jefferson Memorial |
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| FDR Memorial |
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| Eleanor Roosevelt and her UN stuff |
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| FDR and his dog! |
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| The MLK memorial is next to the FDR memorial Tis a very moving space with many key quotes |
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| Indeed |
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| Korean War memorial |
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| Korean War Memorial |
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| Don't remember taking pics of Lincoln memorial at dusk before |
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| This tree was mostly of cards and other momentos by/for Vets |
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| White House Christmas tree |
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| Front of White House from a distance |
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| Back of White House, from closed street |
My mother-in-law lives in Arlington, so this reminds me of many past holidays. Plus, my wife and I started dating when I was GVPT doc student at Maryland and she worked at OTA. One of our first dates was a picnic near Jefferson Memorial while cherry blossoms bloomed.
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