a pictorial look at washington d.c.from my esoteric [245]

A Pictorial Look At Washington D.C.From My Esoteric [245]

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AS MOST SHOULD KNOW, WASHINGTON D.C., is actually jam-packed using history also as existingevents, getting home to both the Smithsonian Institutes as well as the seat regarding Government.First, if you didn't know, Washington D.C. or perhaps the District of Columbia is named after acouple of people; George Washington, obviously, and Christopher Columbus which initially namedhis new discovered land, Columbia.

We attemptedto keep the itinerari manageable for a pair of 60+ and an 11-year old. on Day

we found your Air and also Area Museum, a bit bit of the American Indian Museum, and stood apersonal VIP tour in the Capitol from our district's representative's intern

we rented an automobile as well as drove out for you to Dulles Airport in order to see the restinvolving the Air along with Area museum on the actual market after which came back inside tobegin to see the Arlington Cemetery

Instead regarding going to Monticello as well as the Fredericksburg Civil War battlefield, we wenttowards the National Zoo (bad move)..

we went towards the Pentagon Memorial as well as the Pentagon itself

we took any Gray Range Tour around the National Mall and got soaked within the 1 downpour of theweek around the one day I stated to not carry umbrellas.

Oh, by the way, we took Amtrak via Jacksonville, FL in order to D.C. along with back; about a 13 - 14hour trip every way. having tried it prior to simply by their small private car, I don't recommend thatformat as it can be just two small for two adults, at least large ones. This specific occasion we tookcoach, concerning $700 cheaper when compared with by air for that 3 associated with us. In Whichmode can be doable for starters night. Whilst your bed within the small private room is better thanthe seat with regard to sleeping, the seat is a new lot better than the individual room for theremaining trip, even the multi-day trip. Our next trip will try out the particular far more expensivehuge private car, which may be probably the only way to consider multi-day trips through train.

DAY 1 CONSISTED OF TAKING MY GRANDSON to end up being able to see the Smithsonian Airand also Area Museum on the National Mall as well as require a tour of the Capitol building. We hadtried to get oneself a ticket to have to the White Residence nevertheless ended up being too far goneinside asking our Congressman, Representative Ted Yoho of Florida's 3rd District. He did, however,arrange a new private VIP tour via the Capitol building with most the gracious assistance of hisassistant Codeye (pronounced Cody) Woody, through Gainesville, FL, (the real pronunciation is withmost the emphasis about the 'dy' within Cody, with all the 'y' stated as being a lengthy 'e'.; gofigure.) the tour has been led simply by an energetic young intern named Andrew Johnson, comingfrom Lake City, FL, who additional any large quantity of colour to the tour we usually would not havegotten; we thank the actual 3 regarding them..

I am always impressed from the Air as well as space Museum. That can be a brand new experienceeach occasion you're going simply because they will will practically always be changing it, trying foryou to keep it fresh. Needless to say our eleven yr old had been impressed and excited in regards toalways be able to the planes and rockets in display had been well since the flight simulator. But, Iam uncertain how much he got out of the rest of it; he could be a new smart youngster by getting anorientation for you to science however can be challenged, as much boys appear to become today,using a brief interest span and a lack of curiosity; nevertheless then again, he could be 11 along withI'm 66 with assorted expectation.

After the actual Capitol tour, we headed again for the Air as well as Space. Since it supposedlystayed open until 7:30 PM as well as the American Indian Museum didn't, we took a quick detourthere simply to discover your Air and Area closed with 5:30 due in order to a special event.

I apologize before time for that bad quality along with selection of photos. I neither realize how toadopt good pictures nor know perfectly what to consider pictures of; therefore what you acquire isprecisely what interests my esoteric soul.

Day one - the Capitol and also Air & space Museum

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KIDS ON The ROPE IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA

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LOOKING DOWN KING STREET FROM THE WATERFRONT (POTOMAC RIVER) IN ALEXANDRIA,VIRGINIA

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I'LL BE HAPPY TO TELL YOU WHAT THIS IS ... AS SOON AS I CAN REMEMBER OR SOMEONETELLS ME.

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CLOSE-UP OF A New SOMEWHAT MODERN GPS RECEIVER

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SAME GPS RECEIVER WITH REST OF CELLPHONE ELECTRONICS (i DID SAY SOMEWHATMODERN). bY CONTRAST, THE GPS RECEIVER I WORKED ON WITH THE AIR FORCE IN 1985 TOINSTALL ON AIRCRAFT MEASURED 24" X 18' X 12"!

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LUNAR LANDER

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SENATOR CALHOUN (ALSO VICE PRESIDENT)

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THE LEG AND CAPE OF SENATOR CALHOUN'S STATURE WHERE a BULLET RICOCHETED INTHE 1998 ATTACK ON THE CAPITAL THAT KILLED TWO CAPITAL HILL POLICE OFFICERS. THISIS IS THE BEST THEY COULD DO IN REPAIRING THE DAMAGE.

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THE WALL NEXT TO SENATOR CALHOUN'S STATURE SHOWING THE MARK OF ANOTHERBULLET.

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THE CAPITAL LOOKING FROM THE WEST

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VIEW OF THE CAPITOL DOME STANDING ON THE 3'-WIDE BALCONY OUTSIDE CONGRESSMANYOHO'S CANNON OFFICE BUILDING'S 5TH FLOOR WINDOW (the floorboards with the smallestoffices since he is any 1st term representative.)

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THE FIRST McDONALDS ON WHEELS I EVER SAW, NEXT TO THE AIR along with SPACEMUSEUM

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LAYOUT OF THE NATIONAL MALL WITH THE SMITHSONIANS ARRANGED ON EITHER SIDE

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MUSEUM OF ARTS AND INDUSTRY

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PRESIDENT REAGAN

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THE GRANITE LOOKING SUBSTANCE FOUR LAYERS BELOW PRESIDENT'S REAGAN'S FEET ISPART OF THE BERLIN WALL HE HELPED BRING DOWN

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THE GRANITE LOOKING SUBSTANCE FOUR LAYERS BELOW PRESIDENT'S REAGAN'S FEET ISPART OF THE BERLIN WALL HE HELPED BRING DOWN

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MY GRANDSON IN THE ROTUNDA

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THE SCULPTURES AROUND THE BASE OF THE ROTUNDA TELLS THE STORY OF AMERICAUNTIL THE WRIGHT BROTHERS

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A CONTINUATION OF THE NARRATIVE.

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INSIDE THE CAPITAL UNDER THE ROTUNDA

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WIFE MARY, GRANDSON GRAYSON, AND MYSELF WITH UF GATOR HEAD IN REPRESENTATIVEYOHO's OFFICE

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GRAYSON IN CONGRESSMAN YOHO's CHAIR.

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INTERN ANDREW JOHNSON WITH GRAYSON IN THE CAPITOL.

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IT IS MORE BEAUTIFUL IN REAL LIFE.

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INSIDE THE DOME.

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BACKSIDE OF FULL-SIZE REPLICA OF FREEDOM STATUE ON TOP OF THE CAPITOL.

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VIEW OF FREEDOM STATUE FROM ACROSS THE ROTUNDA

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DAY one SIGHTSEEING

Air and Room Museum, Washington D.C. -

Smithsonian National Air along with space Museum, National Mall, 600 Independence VoieSouthwest, Washing

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Cannon Building, Washington, D.C. -

Cannon Residence office Building, Washington, DC 20003, USA

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Smithsonian American Indian Museum -

National Museum of the American Indian, National Mall, Washington, DC 20560, USA

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DAY 2

ON DAY 2, WE RENTED Any CAR INTENDING ON GOING TO the Air as well as space MuseumAnnex from Dulles Airport, the particular Arlington National Cemetery, as well as the Mt. Vernonhome of George Washington. Unfortunately, we simply managed to get to the 1st 2 since we're laterisers and choosing the rental vehicle organization at Washington National Airport was a chore. Mt.Vernon will have to wait for yet another trip.

I don't refer for the airport close to D.C. by its legal title involving Ronald Reagan WashingtonNational Airport because 1) I do not think the airport ought to honor 2 Presidents, just the originalone, George Washington, 2) Reagan's title shouldn't be very first in any case, as well as 3) yourunderhanded method the actual Republicans (I was Republican when Reagan is at office) pushed itthrough. For You To me, it was, and try to is going to be your Washington National Airport; however

I use Reagan's term for another 10,000 things named after President Reagan.

I lost an hour or perhaps so attempting to find advantage Rent-a-Car organization at the airport.With all some other airports where I possess utilized which company, these folks were about theairport proper; I didn't discover it being just about any various here. Metro dropped us off in the wayNorth finish associated with manchester international between the air terminal itself, as well as theNorth parking garage. Therefore we followed the actual rental auto indicators to the parking garageheading South. We walked along with walked as well as walked (its a new lengthy garage) as well aswalked until it dawned upon me the actual rental cars had been within the South parking garage. Ileft my wife and grandson within the dust and also darted in advance finally arriving at the placeexactly where the rental car companies were ... zero Advantage!

Back towards the North garage I went to retrieve your wife and grandson, now these folks weregone; that they believed I went to the terminal as well as went there. Fortunately they will wanderedback again out along with I advised these phones remain there as well as I went inside for you todiscover the ubiquitous rental vehicle counters. I forgot Washington National doesn't have any, theyare in South Parking; they don't even use a telephone back with the rental vehicle names aboutthem. I tried looking on the World wide web yet the website didn't like my confirmation quantity orperhaps my e-mail adress plus it didn't have a telephone # ... what company doesn't put contactnumber on their particular web site?

Finally, I found an info desk which informed me I were needed to head outdoors and also standabout the 2nd curb and also wait for an advantage shuttle. Right now I were required to get my wifealong with grandson from the 2nd flooring for the initial ground where I had gone. Does I just goahead and also take elevator support along with grab them? No, I called these as well as gave themdirections (they were merely about 200' and something floor away). Fifteen minutes later, I took theelevator up.

Needless in order to say, we got the car and also the remaining part involving the day had beenuneventful, except at the end; that I are certain to get to after the pictures.

DAY 2

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SR-71

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SR-71 WITH SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERER IN THE BACKGROUND

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UH-1 (HUEY) IROQUOIS (what I flew in Vietnam with F/8 Cav)

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PLAQUE TO GO ALONG WITH THE QH-50C DRONE ANTI-SUBMARINE HELICOPTER IN NEXTTWO SLIDES

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QH-50C DRONE ANTI-SUBMARINE HELICOPTOR

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OTHER SIDE OF QH-50C DRONE

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FRONT VIEW OF SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERER

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SPACE SHUTTLE USED HEAT TILES

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UNIDENTIFIED BEAUTIFUL SATALITE

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THE RESTING PLACE OF THOSE WHO DIED PROTECTING AMERICA -- ARLINGTON NATIONALCEMETARY, WASHINGTON D.C.

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NEW GUARD APPROACHING FOR INSPECTION BEFORE ASSUMING DUTY TO GUARD THETOMGS OF THE UNKNOWNS

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AFTER HAVING LOWERED THE FLAG AT 5:00 PM, THE GUARDS RETURN IT TO REST FOR DUTYTHE NEXT DAY

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GUARDS DO a SHARP RIGHT FACE WHILE MARCHING

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GRAVESITE OF AUDIE MURPHY, MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT AND MOST DECORATEDSOLDIER IN WW II.

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GRAVESITE MEMORIALIZING THE CREW OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER WHICH WASLOST ON RE-ENTRY

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GRAVESITE MEMORIALIZING THE CREW OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER WHO DIEDON THE LAUCHPAD IN

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GRAVESITE MEMORIALIZING THE SOLDIERS LOST IN PRESIDENT CARTER'S MISSION TORESCUE THE AMERICAN EMBASSY HOSTAGES HELD IN TEHRAN, IRAN

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STATUE AT THE BACK ENTRANCE TO THE VISITOR CENTER

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IS THE FIGURE IN THE CASE IN THE VISITOR'S CENTER A New LIVING MANNEQUIN? a WAXREPLICA? The STUFFED SOLDIER? IT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK

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DAY 2

AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM, DULLES AIRPORT -

Dulles international Airport (IAD), Dulles, VA 20166, USA

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ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETARY -

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA 22211, USA

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The final photo inside the series is among the Marine in a glass case in the center of the ArlingtonNational Cemetery Visitor Center, after we left and also headed again to the hotel, an interestingconversation broke out among my wife and also grandson which lasted nearly most of the way home.

Both my wife as well as grandson invested quite a extended time staring all over and up as well asdown in the display. This seems my wife believed the actual statue ended up being alive, you knowone of those living mannequins the truth is about streets covered throughout silver and also goldstanding perfectly still. she kept wanting to figure out where the air has been coming in in order tothe inclosure was,or how he even got within as well as out of there. she held seeking closely to findout if the girl could discover signs of wax, yet came away unconvinced. Your Woman nonethelessisn't fairly convinced it absolutely was the wax likeness.

My grandson, on one other hand, believed your Marine was very dead, literally. He furthermoredidn't believe the statue ended up being wax, so excellent had been the artwork. Instead, hebelieved it was an inactive Marine that was stuffed, like a deer head. He pointed out a variety offeatures like the eyes that will convinced him.. He even concerned about exactly what the mothersas well as fathers of the Marine would believe whenever they knew his or her son had been wasthere.

DAY 3 - The Particular National Zoo

ON DAY 3, WE WENT TO THE NATIONAL ZOO; regarding people who consider the Metro there, theparticular Red Line, end up being ready for any lengthy walk towards the front gate. Actually, thewalk up Connecticut Ave has been really nice, I wish I had walked slower to enjoy the sights; it isactually a good neighborhood. Whenever we got in the Zoo, I found it had changed a significant bit... for that far better ... through when I ended up being there the decade as well as thus ago.

The merely disappointment, really, had been that too many in the animals had been sleeping orperhaps hiding. Enjoy.

DAY three - the National Zoo

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BABY PANDA WANTS OUT

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THE MARCH OF THE BABY PANDA

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THE PARK HAS A New MONITOR FOR A New CLOSER LOOK

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MAMA PANDA CAME OUT FOR A New STROLL

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MAMA PANDA WANDERING DOWNHILL

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MAMA PANDA LOOKING FOR HER BABY

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HER BABY IS BELOW HER, BUT I DON'TTHINK SHE SAW IT.

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THE HORNBILL'S BILLING

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HORNBILL

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KING VULTURE BILLING

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KING VULTURE RANGE

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KING VULTURE

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KING VULTURE

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CONTEMPLATION, GORILLA STYLE

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CURIOSITY

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LUNCH INSIDE FROM THE SUN

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BACK TO CONTEMPLATION

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AN ORANGUTANG TAKING IT EASY

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AN ORANGUTAN WALK OUTSIDE THEIR COMPOUND OVER TO AN INTERACTIVE STUDY LAB

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DAY 3

national zoo, washington d.c. -

Friends with the National Zoo, Washington, DC 20008, USA

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Day 4 - The Particular Pentagon

DAY 4 WAS AN EASY, BUT POIGNANT DAY. Today, we visited your Pentagon Memorial andfurthermore the Pentagon itself, that I hadn't been back again for you to since I left within 2008; boywas I throughout for any surprise. I had visited the particular Memorial annually as well asconsequently in the particular past as well as wrote the Hub concerning that; nevertheless now Iwanted my step-grandson for you to expertise along with realize it; it had been among the couple ofthings he took photographs of.

While his or her had been fantastic controversy more than the generating of your memorial, his orperhaps her has been over your Vietnam Memorial, as well as problems obtaining funding, it woundup getting a really easy but incredibly effective statement honoring those that died which awful day.I knew one of the particular 184 killed in September 11, 2001, Bryan Jack; he died serving hiscountry aboard American Airlines Flight 77 heading to the West Coast to acquire a project for theoffice in the Secretary associated with Defense. Bryan and I worked together regarding two yearscoming from 1992 -1993 while I has been career-broadening in OSD, then held inside occasionalmake contact with after that.

LAYOUT OF THE MEMORIAL

As an individual see, besides the actual wall which lists the particular identify of each individual whodied within the attack, there is an individual memorial positioned within the park situated downbelow the facial skin in the Pentagon where Flight 77 struck it. They Will tend to be shaped withinthe kind of benches, pointing both towards or even away from the Pentagon. In the particular eventthat they may possibly be pointing away, then a title inscribed onto it is that of a passenger aboutFlight 77 and when it is actually pointing toward the particular Pentagon, then the title belongs to aperson working there. Under the particular name, inside the pool beneath your bench, are generallynames involving any kind of relations which furthermore died in the attack; their benches tend to besituated elsewhere.

On surface of the wall, the particular Age Group Wall, closest to the Pentagon running before theMemorial are usually dates, spaced evenly along its length; 1 inch equals 1 year. Every daterepresents your birth yr of the victims aligned diagonally with the date plus a plaque on a again walllisting their particular names. This begins along with 1988, Dana Falkenberg - age group threeaboard Flight 77, for you to 1930, John D.. Yamnicky - age 71 whom labored within the Pentagon.

THE PENTAGON

I apologize for the not enough photos of this impressive place, however for obvious reasons, I wasn'tpermitted to take any.

I labored inside or even in offices no more than 1/4 mile away in the Pentagon through 1988 in orderto 2008, In The Actual course Of that will time, I never was ceased to become surprised about thesight as I crested a hill, traveling slowly north in I-95 each day, with the Pentagon laid out downbelow before me using the White House, Jefferson and also Washington Memorials much more orperhaps less straight-ahead throughout the Potomac, the particular Capitol Creating the right, and

the Lincoln Memorial the actual left. Upon a definite day, I nearly desired to stop my auto properthere inside the middle of the freeway and also stare (I feel I did once, regarding I had been in a 5-car rear-ender close to there, but I wasn't the particular lead car).

Then a person walked to the Pentagon as well as the vision rapidly disappeared. Except regarding acouple of public locations where the tours had been taken, it was one ugly creating using miles ofpuke yellow to puke green corridors together with thousands of closed doors to the right and leftopening in order to similarly colored offices; although generally they were the bit happier comparedto corridors. Beyond the hussle and bussle, associated with which in turn there was a fantastic dealalong with that tended to liven issues up the bit, it actually was obviously a depressing place towork. Until an individual got to the A-ring and looked out for the central garden. The Actual centralgarden has been had been employees went to wind down ... and also smoke; there was simply nosmoking places inside "the Building". in the middle of this well-kept wonderland associated withflora had been "ground zero", any walk-up fast-food service organization that basically should havehad certainly one of individuals white as well as red set of concentric circles painted on its roof; withregard to that is the actual FIRST thing I thought of when I laid eyes about it inside 1985 - youunderstand the particular Soviets have a nuke pointed correct as well spot; it absolutely was actuallyeerie!

.The Pentagon, for those who don't know, is made up of five enormous rings, The by means of E,arranged within 5 floors. each aspect of the pentagon is actually split throughout two, having acorridor operating from the center of just one E-ring towards the A-ring after which out once morein order to the center of the particular subsequent E-ring. the outcome is surely an ugly pentagonsplit into ten ugly sections with even uglier sub-basements. to ensure it is worse, the NewTownhouses For Sale Mount Pleasant DC particular fifth floor had been an afterthought; wear yearslater. With Regard To whatever reason, and while you can't discover it from the outside, it feelsslightly off-center in the four floors below. Which means, it's in the wedding you type in a newstairwell from your north facet of the corridor about the third ground heading towards the fourthfloor, a person wind up on the north aspect with the forth floorboards corridor. In some cases,however, should you continue in up towards the fifth floor, an individual escape about the southaspect of your much thinner corridor; in twenty years, I in no way got accustomed to it.

Imagine my surprise then, when Richard Snow, my replacement from your last position I held andwho graciously agreed to always be able to escort us around, led us within along with showed us atotally renovated Pentagon that was bright and cheerful! It had not been just by doing this in thepublic areas, it absolutely was EVERYWHERE. Through were some of my previous offices were, tothe cafeteria for everybody (the executive dining rooms have been removed), for the multitude ofnew display cases highlighting a history of the Department regarding War along with Defense. Iended up being simply stunned. Gone to end up being able to were the particular rings, as I knewthem. Inside my time, as I walked up any spoke, when I stumbled on a fresh ring, I could flip right orleft in order to go down a lot more corridors for you to enter the various offices, such as the ones Ilabored in. Now, there were zero a lot more corridors, just doors that lead in to enormous workareas; one of your pre-renovation problems may always be the insufficient workplace space.

In any case, I had a excellent time there. one note associated with warning. If you want in order togo yourself, call or go surfing ahead time, you have to create reservations for any tour a minimal offourteen days ahead of period ... an additional adjust I wasn't aware of.

DAY 4 - THE PENTAGON MEMORIAL

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YOUR ARE LOOKING AT THE E-RING OF THE PENTAGON; THAT WAS THE ONLY RING THATCOLLAPSED ALTHOUGH SOME FIRE DAMAGE MADE ALL THE WAY TO THE A-RING. THEMEMORIAL IS NOW IN THE GREEN AREA IN FRONT.

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THIS IS WHAT I SAW FROM MY OFFICE IN CRYSTAL GATEWAY NORTH. WHEN I WORKED INTHE PENTAGON, MOST OF THE TIME I WAS IN THE C-RING, ONE SIDE TO THE LEFT OF WHATYOU SEE HERE.

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THE FACE YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS THE ONE THAT WAS COLLAPSED IN THE FIRST PICTURE.IF YOU WERE DRIVING BY DAYS AFTER THE ATTACK AND LOOKED IN THE FOURTH ROOM ONTHE LEFT ON THE TOP FLOOR, YOU COULD SEE Any MONITOR SITTING ON The DESK ... VERYPOIGNANT

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BRYAN JACK'S BENCH

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BRYAN JACK'S BENCH

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THE BENCHES POINTING AT THE PENTAGON, WHICH THESE ARE, ARE FOR THE PASSENGERSON FLIGHT 77

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EACH ROW CONTAINS BENCHES OF THE FALLEN BORN IN The CERTAIN YEAR

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COINS STRUCK TO MEMORIALIZE THE EVENT

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FRONT SIDE

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BACK SIDE

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FLAG GIVEN TO ME AT MY RETIREMENT FROM AIR FORCE CIVIL SERVICE; IT WAS FLOWNOVER THE CAPITOL BUILDING AND THEN OVER THE PENTAGON PRIOR BEING PUT IN THEDISPLAY CASE.

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DAY 4

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DAY 5 - THE LAST DAY, BACK TO THE MALL

WE WERE GOING TO COMPLETE THE TOUR OF THE NATIONAL MALL before catching your trainhome that night ... it didn't go quite the way we had planned. We took your Metro to end up beingable to Union Station, a new sight in order to behold in the event you haven't seen it, and alsobought tickets for a Hop-on, Hop-off Gray Series bus tour round the mall; i was completed walking!Our very first quit was the actual Washington Monument, that we had hoped to end up being able togo to the leading within the elevator.

HINT: A Person must have the free regarding charge tickets on-line or perhaps obtain prior to 9 AM,should you aspire to find in; same for the U.S. Mint Printing office (that 1 we knew about.)

From there we had been likely to circle 'round towards the Jefferson Memorial, without stopping, theactual Korean War, Lincoln along with Vietnam Memorials, last although not least the Museum ofAll-natural History. We figured it could always be time to get back for the resort cleanup and getready to catch Amtrak home following the Organic History Museum.

We got off at the Washington Memorial obelisk, being informed by the tour guidebook we weren'tplanning to obtain in (I attempted anyway), we walked in up for the base involving it for you to snapseveral pictures. Via that vantage point, depending on which usually way anyone turn, anyone areable in order to see elements of concerning just about all there is actually certainly to determinewithin the Mall area; from your Capitol Creating for the East, your White house for the North,Lincoln's Memorial for the West, along with Jefferson's Memorial to the South. More ThanJefferson's Memorial will always be the Pentagon, facing Lincoln's Memorial may become theReflection Pool and thus on. It has been flat gorgeous!

From there we hopped in another bus along with headed off towards the Jefferson Memorial alongwith passed the particular FDR, WW I, D.C War (bet anyone couldn't know there had been clearlyone, did you). along with MLK Memorials, choice at the Lincoln Memorial. Very first we went for theKorean War Memorial, which in turn was obviously a initial regarding me, provided all regarding theoccasions I happen for you to be there; the images I took are not really designed close to doing itjustice. Then we wandered more than towards the Lincoln Memorial, certainly one of my favorites.

It have been awhile since I had been there plus they had added a new front entrance at the basewhich resulted in 1) an incredibly wonderful exposition and, more, importantly for all associatedwith us outdated people, 2) an elevator. I don't don't forget after they position the inscriptionregarding Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Possess A Dream" speech at the purpose about the steps

exactly where he gave it, I don't believe I get seen it before, but in my opinion, these people do adreadful job. This can't happen to always be able to be just about all that lots of years and you'llalways be capable of discover from the picture, it has previously been faded and worn coming frompeople strolling in it. a guide had poured h2o onto it to clean some mud off while he discussed it tohis group.

We by zero means caused it to be for the Vietnam Memorial Wall or perhaps the Museum associatedwith All-natural History. when I has been taking photos regarding Mary and also Greyson at theLincoln Memorial, more than his or her heads and not that far towards the West were terriblesearching thunder-bumpers which weren't supposed to become there. I had checked WeatherUnderground plus it showed basically clear skies all day, and then we didn't deliver umbrellas foryour first-time this trip; we didn't make use regarding them the other times of course. The Particularprediction ended up being almost correct, except for your next 2 hours.

The last picture from the Mall can be among a magazine involving names regarding those that diedthroughout Vietnam; it's looked to a page involving one of the people I visited school withthroughout ROTC whom didn't ensure it is back. When I was getting the picture, it began for you torain, then pour. Almost All we had with regard to include had been a large amount of trees. In Whichactually might have labored in the wedding the rain had lasted merely 5 minutes or so; it didn't. Wehuddled there for ten minutes and then designed a lope for a store approach throughout the street.We couldn't jay-walk because there is an iron chain decorative fence running across the sidewalkMary couldn't conquer to the muddy river operating between the sidewalk and the street. so down tothe intersection we went. Our aim have been proper over the street, support the street we wentexactly the same distance until we found deal with within the store, where we picked up someponchos to end up being able to fight what now had grow for you to be LIGHT rain!

The ponchos would turn out to be useful down the actual road since the rain picked-up again on ourride again (only the open upper deck in the bus had room, anyone know) to end up being able toUnion Station; Mary has been NOT starting an air conditioned museum soaking wet. We furthermorewere needed to skip getting off close in order to the White Home simply for you to walk around it.

Anyway, we remained wet once we got again for the resort nevertheless right after that, items gotpleasant once more and that we had been upon our way home.

DAY 5 - back About The Mall

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LOOKING EAST FROM OUR BUS OVER THE CAPITOL BUILDING REFLECTING POOL

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LOOKING EAST FROM THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL TO THE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL OVER THEREFLECTING POOL

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LOOKING EAST FROM THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT TO THE CAPITOL BUILDING.

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LOOKING NORTH TO CATCH A New GLIMPSE OF THE WHITE HOUSE. (I couldn't find to becomeable to a great vantage point)

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LOOKING WEST TOWARD THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL

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THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMORIAL WITH PRESIDENT JEFFERSON STANDING INSIDE

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SQUAD OF KOREAN VETS MOVING THROUGH THE FIELD

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KOREAN VET MEMORIAL WALL REFLECTING POOL

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KOREAN WAR VETERAN MEMORIAL WALL

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KOREAN WAR VETERAN MEMORIAL WALL. NOTICE THE SHADOWS OF THE SOLDIER ETCHED

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LOOKING BACK AT THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT OVER THE REFLECTING POOL FROMWHERE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING GAVE HIS "I HAVE Any DREAM" SPEECH

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LEADING TO THE ELEVATOR AND Any REALLY GREAT MEMORIAL DISPLAY.

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GRANDSON GRAYSON AND WIFE MARY IN FROM OF LINCOLN MEMORIAL

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THREE VIETNAM VETS

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THREE SOLDIERS FROM VIETNAM AND ME

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VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL

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BOOK OF THE DEAD FROM VIETNAM WITH COLLEGE FRIEND FRED HAUGH'S NAME LISTED

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SHE WAS NOT HAPPY I SUGGESTED WE LEAVE THE UMBRELLAS IN THE ROOM FOR THEFIRST TIME SINCE WE GOT HERE. (she's by simply no means listened in my experience before,why do the girl begin now?)

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TRIP COMES TO The WET END

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HEADING HOME ON THE METRO

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DAY 5 - back to The National Mall

Washington Monument -

Washington Monument, 2 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20007, USA

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Thomas Jefferson Memorial -

Thomas Jefferson Memorial, 900 Ohio Drive Southwest, Washington, DC 20242, USA

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FDR Memorial -

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, 1850 West Basin Drive Southwest, Washington, DC 20242,USA

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WW I Memorial -

World War II Memorial, 1750 Independence Voie Southwest, Washington, DC 20006, USA

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D.C. War Memorial -

DC War Memorial, 1900 Independence avenue Southwest, Washington, DC 20245, USA

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Martin Luther King Memorial -

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, Washington, DC 20024, USA

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Korean War Veterans Memorial -

Korean War Veterans Memorial, 900 Ohio Drive Southwest, Washington, DC 20024, USA

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Lincoln Memorial -

Lincoln Memorial Circle NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial -

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, DC 20245, USA

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Smithsonian National Museum regarding Organic History -

Smithsonian National Museum regarding Organic History, National Mall, Washington, DC 20560,USA

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