 |
 |
 |
The Ronald Reagan Airport,
where I caught
the Metro
every day into D.C. |
What an awesome window! |
Inside the Library of Congress |
 |
 |
 |
The fountain outside of the
Library of Congress. The
turtle is spitting water right
into
the horseman's eye. |
The Gutenberg
Bible |
Smithsonian
Institute |
 |
 |
 |
|
U.S. Capitol |
Inside the Rotunda |
Grant's Tomb |
 |
 |
 |
|
Lincoln
Memorial |
Washington Monument |
Construction was delayed during the civil war
resulting in a color change in the granite. |
 |
 |
 |
|
The Supreme
Court |
Supreme Court
front door |
Lincoln Memorial at night |
 |
 |
 |
|
Dave and Abe |
Vietnam
Memorial |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
People leave pictures, letters, flags, and
personal items at the Wall. |
|
After the
White House tour |
 |
 |
 |
|
White House
police |
Me and Dubya |
Street Vendors |
 |
 |
 |
|
The FDR
Memorial |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Bronze figures in a
bread line |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
The Magna Carta |
The United States Constitution |
Tomb of the
Unknowns |
 |
 |
 |
| |
|
|
|
Changing of
the Guard |
|
A wreath ceremony |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
A wreath
ceremony with Japanese-American WWII Veterans |
Gravesite of
John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis |
Robert F. Kennedy's gravesite. He
stipulated in his will that he wanted only a simple white cross. |
 |
 |
 |
|
Segregated portion of Arlington National
Ceremony for "Buffalo Soldiers" and other persons of color. |
Robert E.
Lee's home, seized by the Federal Government during the Civil war.
Part of his plantation was turned into a graveyard, now Arlington National
Cemetery. |
Monticello,
Thomas Jefferson's home. |
 |
 |
 |
|
Part of Jefferson's vegetable garden.
Above is what used to be slave quarters. |
Jefferson's grave. |
Cool-looking
tree wrapping around another. |
 |
 |
 |
|
Korean War
Memorial. Faces etched in a granite wall. |
Korean War Memorial |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Jefferson
Monument |
|
Painting of the signing of the Declaration of
Independence. Look closely at Thomas Jefferson's foot -- he is
stepping on John Adams' toe. |
 |
 |
 |
|
Dave taking aim at the IRS with his fully-automated
umbrella. |
Original cobblestones |
This sign
cracked me up. The government seized these orchids for
non-compliance with import regulations, then planted them in in 16
locations of the Smithsonian. |
 |
 |
 |
|
Pat Troy's
Irish Pub |
Pat Troy as
"The Unicorn" |
All patrons must sing and act out the Unicorn
song or risk getting yelled at by Pat. |
|
 |
|
|
Green alligators and long-necked geese |
|
