Crab Cakes from Old Ebbitt Grill...1 block from the White house
National Archives
Prettied up for 4th of July
Waiting 90 min to get in...
Corinthian Columns @ the Archives
The Magna Carta
The Constitution
Washington Monument...many shots, angles to come!
I liked the irony of the teepees @ the foot of the W.M., during 4th of July Week...
Crazy hair
There we go...full frame, tame hair
White House, from the Mall
Entering the WWII Memorial
Lincoln, from the WWII Memorial
The WWII Memorial is something special, paying tribute to the total effort put forth by our country
Yea Rosie!
Fireside Chats @ WWII Memorial
Outskirts of the Korean War Memorial
At night, this place is a bit haunting
Washington Monument from the very base of the Lincoln Memorial
Vietnam Memorial. What I love about this place is the reflection, both personal and literal, looking within while realizing we remain behind.
Making the walk to Lincoln
“In this temple...”
This place is something special
The typo in the 2nd Inaugural Address...Look closely at the word “Future.” The “F” was originally an “E”
From Lincon's Steps
FDR Memorial
The Braille blows me away...
...from FDR
Fireside @ FDR
Great Depression
FDR and Fala
Eleanor
Four Freedoms
Jefferson Memorial
...from Jefferson
NEA Convention 2008
At any time, 12,000 - 17,000 people were in this one room
NEA President Reg Weaver
Eleanor Holmes Norton, Representative of D.C. in the U.S. House of Representatives
One of about 40 microphones set up throughout the convention to facilitate debate/discussion
President of the California Teacher's Association David Sanchez
Sue and Me waiting for fireworks (in the rain)
We had the Washington Monument in view for the fireworks...amazing!
Happy Birthday America!
Chinatown, after the fireworks
Obama telecast
The National Cathedral
was closed. But I got some great shots from the outside
There is absolutely no steel anywhere in the structure of this building...crazy, huh?
A black squirrel, hanging out at the cathedral
I will have to come back when I can attend a service
The National Portrait Gallery, one of the famed Smithsonians
Nice early map of CA
The Marquis de Lafayette, a 19 yr-old French commander during the Am. Revolution
Classic Jefferson
Yeah Lincoln
Not the most widespread Lincoln image, which makes it sweet
Robert E. Lee
Washington's Athenaeum Portrait
It is unfinished because the artist agreed to give it to Martha when he was done...pretty sneaky! This shot was also used for the $1
Making my way up to “the Hill.”
I needed a breather...it was quite humid
...from the Capitol
Security guards...means it is going to be tough to get into the Capitol
Me and Sue, having a good time even though there were no tour times left.
