31. Washington, DC - 2

More of Washington

The Smithsonian is a collection of Museums housed in seperate buildings.

This is the one that explains how it all started.
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Rockets at the Air and Space Museum
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They even have rides, I went on this one, simulated Aircraft Carrier Takeoff and Landing
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Unmanned Aircraft, the Future
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Me, in infrared
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The Subway, clean and organised
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Declaration of Independence Memorial
There is one stone for each Signer
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Vietnam Womens Memorial
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The Wall, scroll sideways
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The pictures make you realise there is a family behind each one of those names.
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Korean War Memorial
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There was a whole wall of this stuff, fascinating.
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F.D.Roosevelt Memorial, one of the better known Presidents,
some say he was a socialist.
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Jefferson Memorial, I like it.
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Jefferson
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Washington Monument as seen from the Jefferson Memorial
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The Capitol
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Inside the Capitol, as you can imagine passing through Security
to get in there was a nightmare
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The Figure on top of the Capitol
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Library of Congress
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Inside the Library of Congress
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The Supreme Court
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The Judges in Minature
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Must be a Riot somewhere
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Arlington Cemetery, Huge, Immaculate, Moving and a graphic reminder
of Man's Inhumanity to Man
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JFK
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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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Changing of the Guard
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Arlington Amphitheatre
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Flowers
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The Marine Corps Memorial (Iwo Jima).
This was my favourite, words cannot describe the effect it had on me.
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The Sculptor (shows you how big it is).
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The Pentagon Memorial (Plane Crash)
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The lighter coloured stone shows where the plane hit, right in the middle.
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