Today we spent the day on the National Mall, seeing all the Monuments and Memorials. The World War Two Memorial is beautiful, the Vietnam Memorial is very moving.
At the Lincoln Memorial, just as you leave the building you see this sign. It didn't even occur to me to slide down the banister until I saw this! Then it was all I wanted to do. Unfortunately it was brass, and very warm from the sun and I didn't want to risk the burn it may have caused. We will have to go back if it's cloudy!
After an amazing southern brunch at Georgia Browns we headed to the Capitol where we see this interesting way of touring the Mall, a whole group of people on Segways, running over small children and taking photos. Our feet may have hurt at the end of the day, but at least we didn't look like this! I am sure this was the way our Founding Fathers intended for us to look upon the seats of power!
The sites were all very crowded, except for the Supreme court. There were only four other people there...a little surprising and disappointing that there is little interest. I found it to be an amazing and imposing building, equal to the power of the decisions made there.
On Monday we head to Newseum, which will surely be nirvana for me...seven floors of nothing but news, how can there be such a magical place??
After an amazing southern brunch at Georgia Browns we headed to the Capitol where we see this interesting way of touring the Mall, a whole group of people on Segways, running over small children and taking photos. Our feet may have hurt at the end of the day, but at least we didn't look like this! I am sure this was the way our Founding Fathers intended for us to look upon the seats of power!
The sites were all very crowded, except for the Supreme court. There were only four other people there...a little surprising and disappointing that there is little interest. I found it to be an amazing and imposing building, equal to the power of the decisions made there.On Monday we head to Newseum, which will surely be nirvana for me...seven floors of nothing but news, how can there be such a magical place??
Wow Cheryl! You were up late posting...you must be very excited to see the Newseum and can't sleep. It's like Christmas for you!
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Not up late, up early as usual, the blog is posting pacific time. You are right, it was like Christmas!
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