National Zoo-112' (Washington West) (38.9295556 , -77.0496994)
Formal name: Smithsonian National Zoological Park
3001 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008
Washington Monument-26' (Washington West) (38.8886517, -77.0354658)
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We did not get up into the monument. But it is hard to escape its vieew from most places in DC.
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| March 21, 2023 - From the Capitol |
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| March 23, 2023 |
World War I Memorial-16' (Washington West) (38.8959327, -77.0328604)
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This is a recent memorial, which seems strange, since World War I was fought over a hundred years ago. It was dedicated in April 2021. It is built on what was known as Pershing Square. What grabs me is the depiction of the mural which is being created. It shows the Everyman aspect of the War. From the time a soldier leaves home to when he returned back. The mural reflects off of the pond.
There is many aspects which reflect how the Vietnam Memorial affect people There is the starkness and simpleness of the memorial, giving a person time to reflect about the war and the consequences of it.
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| March 24, 2023 - Pershing Statue |
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| March 23, 2023 - Everyman Mural |
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| March 23, 2023 - Pan of the plaza |
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| March 23, 2023 - World War I Everyman Mural |
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This was our first memorial in DC. It affected me a lot more than I thought it would be. Maybe because this was my parents war. But just being there made me realize the doubt which I have to their generation.
The memorial is laid out in two halfs. One half lays out the battles in the Atlantic; the other in the Pacific. The whole plaza is surrounded by the flags of the states. In the middle is a fountain. On the far site of the plaza is a small water fall, looking like it comes from the Lincoln Reflection Pool-but it does not.
A memorial well worth going, if for no other reason to honor those who have fallen.
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| March 21, 2023 |
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| March 21, 2023 - Entrance |
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| March 21, 2023 - California's wreath |
Military Women’s Memorial-___' (Quad) (38.880556, -77.066667)
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| March 25, 2023 - The Museum building |
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| March 25, 2023 -Hall of Flags |
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| March 25, 2023 -WAVE Exhibit |
Woodrow Wilson House-128' (Washington West) (38.9140004, -77.0513661)
2340 S Street NW, Washington, D.C.
White House -49' (Washington West) (38.89704, -77.0365536)
White House Visitor Center- 7' (Washington West) (38.8951118 -77.0324768)
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We never got a chance to tour the White House, but we did walk by it on occasion. We did visit the Visitor Center.
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| March 21, 2023 - Pennsylvania Ave side |
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| March 24, 2023 - Front side |
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| March 24, 2023 - Visitor Center and Sherri |
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| March 24, 2023 - Model of White House |
Washington Memorial-___' (Quad) (38.889444, -77.035278)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall-13' (Washington West) (38.890963, -77.0476574)
5 Henry Bacon Dr NW, Washington, DC 20002
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This plain black slack of stone with names etched in it has the power to elicit emotions, even with those who did not serve. So much lost for so little gain. Maybe because this was the war of my generation, but there is a strong attachment to this wall.
Or maybe because we know people whose lives were interrupted and cut short because of the war.
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| March 21, 2023 - Soliders |
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| March 21, 2023 - The Wall |
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| March 21, 2023 - The Names |
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| April 1, 2023 - Upper Gardens |
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| April 1, 2023 -Main Mansion |
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| April 1, 2023 -Upper Gardens |
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| April 1, 2023 -Hot House and Upper Gardens |
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| April 1, 2023 -One of the bedrooms |
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| April 1, 2023 -Stables |
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| Old Crypt |
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| April 1, 2023 -Wharf area |
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| April 1, 2023 -Hexagon Barn-used for threshing wheat |
Union Station-43' (Washington West) (38.8978896, -77.0060872)
Union Square-13' (Washington West) (38.8895563, -77.0144207)
Union Station Metro Station-56' (Washington West) (38.897334, -77.0074761)
Union Station Visitor Center-36' (Washington West) (38.8987229, -77.006365)
Union Station Plaza-56' (Washington West) (38.8934452, -77.0094206)
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Union Station. This is the place which we first saw when we came to DC. We had gotten off of the Metro and when through a maze of escalators and halls under construction. This led us to the cavernous foyer. I made a note to explore further. Also because I wanted to find the Phillip Randolph Memorial which is in the station. But we could never find it,even with being in the station a couple of times.
Read the DC on Foot article for a lot of info on Union Station
Union Square-The area around the Capitol Reflection Pool, including the Grant Statue
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| March 21, 2023 -Arches |
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| March 21, 2023 -Front of Union Station |
Tidal Basin-(-3)' (Washington West) (38.8837231, -77.0388658)
Legal: T__S, R__E, Sec__
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From NPS:
Items in the Tidal Basin:
All can be visited via the Tidal Basin Loop Trail.
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| March 28, 2023 |
Robert A Taft Memorial and Carillon-33' (Washington West) (38.8928897, -77.0110873)
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This bell tower is not too far away from the Capitol building. With all the other memorials around the Capitol, it is easy to miss this memorial. That is until its bells play out. The inscriptions say:
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| April 3, 2023 |
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| April 3, 2023 |
President William Howard Taft Memorial Grave-___' (Quad) (lat, long)
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According to the Arlington Cemetery, American sculptor James Earle Fraser designed the headstone.
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| March 25, 2023 |
Supreme Court-95' (Washington West) (38.8905791. -77.0045448)
One First Street, NE, Washington DC
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One of the Capitol guides noted this building is a pretty recent addition to the Capitol area. It was authorized in the 1920's and constructed in the 1930's, during the Great Depression.
One of the things which strikes me is the words on top of the building Justice for All. Like much of DC and our Nation, I now think of this as aspirational rather than a fact which we are falling short of. See the Architecture Guides for the representations of the figures on top of the building.
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| March 21, 2023 - Viewed from the Capitol |
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| March 21, 2023 |
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| March 21, 2023 - Top of the building |
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| March 30, 2023 - Outside of court |
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| March 30, 2023 - Main visitor hall |
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| March 30, 2023 -John Marshall statue |
Sojourner Truth Memorial-___' (Quad) (38.889, -77.008)
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This small bust of Sojourner Truth is in the Capitol Visitor Center, just to the right of the replica of the Statue of Freedom. Not sure what I was expecting, but this statue did not seem to have been given its proper due.
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| March 22, 2023 - Bust of Sojourner Truth |
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| March 22, 2023 - Portrait of Sojourner Truth in Portrait Gallery |
