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Looking Down on DC
When my kids suggested going back to D.C. for vacation this year, I had to make sure we saw and did things that we didn’t do 2 years ago when we visited. So, I got advance tickets to the Washington Monument. Tickets are normally free, but the line can start at 7am for that days tours. Rather than take a chance on missing out, I paid $1.50 apiece to guarantee my tickets, a pittance in my book. As it turned out, even paying the $6 was a steal for the view.
The Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is America’s national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history, and serves as this country’s memorial to the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust.
The Museum’s primary mission is to advance and disseminate knowledge about this unprecedented tragedy; to preserve the memory of those who suffered; and to encourage its visitors to reflect upon the moral and spiritual questions raised by the events of the Holocaust as well as their own responsibilities as citizens of a democracy.
‘God Is In The Details’
When I first started to title this post, I started to type ‘the devil is in the details.’ Not knowing exactly the origin of the quote, I Googled it. ‘The devil’-version implies that the smallest details, if overlooked, might cause failure. The more positive ‘God is in the details’, I believe, is appropriate here, because if you look at the finer points of some of the historic landmarks in DC, they were truly inspired.
Pillars of the Jefferson Memorial
Some of the 4000 stars of the Freedom Wall at the WWII Memorial
One Entrance to Union Station
One hallway inside Union Station
The Stairwell inside the Hart Senate Office Building
One of the chandelier domes in the Capitol Building
Main Ceiling in Union Station
Large Dome in Capitol Building
Close-up of Dome (speaking of inspired…)
One view inside the Holocaust Museum
And, for fun, a close-up of the upper balcony of the White House, taken from the Washington Monument
Seeing the Sights
When asked where they wanted to vacation this year, both of my kids responded, ‘Let’s go back to D.C.’ There’s no rides, no ‘fun’ stuff to do, it’s all educational. ‘D.C.!’ was the cry. So, D.C. it was. I booked a hotel just a few minutes walking from the Washington Monument, that would put us right in the center of everything, smack in the almost-middle of the Mall.
I arranged for us to do some things that we didn’t do or get to see our last visit, 2 years ago. I reserved tickets to go up in the Washington Monument, signed us up for a tour of the Capitol Building through Senator Voinovich’s office, and mapped out directions to Union Station and other places. We walked a LOT. And I took a LOT of pictures. So, as I sort through and pick out the ones that I think turned out the best, I’ll share here. (This time, I was smart enough to take my tripod because D.C. at night is simply stunning.)
If you click the photo, you’ll open a window with a larger view.
Vacation Photos: Not in Lorain
They grow the critters big down south!
A little bit o’ boardin’!
Big Waves!
Buildings in downtown Wilmington…
