I had half a day off in Wash DC and took a walk up and down the Mall. (See WW II memorial photos in a separate location.)

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US Capitol

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Civil War monument in front of Capitol

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Civil War monument in front of Capitol

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Hamfest by the capitol

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Not sure I would stand under this antenna

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Is this Grant? In front of Capitol

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Charge!

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Marine choppers flying around Capitol grounds

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close up of chopper

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Fountain in front of Capitol

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View down the Mall from Capitol steps.

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Other side of Capitol. Can't get up there any more due to security unless you have a pass. Construction to right is new visitors center being built.

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The supremes

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Elephant in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum

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Triceratops

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T-Rex

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Fossil display

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Big Trilobite

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This trilobite probably came from the Ohio river

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Hope Diamond

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Duckie getting dinner from below. I think he/she was eating his greens.

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Vietnam Memorial

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The Wall

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Memorial left at the Wall

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I wonder what the story is behind this.

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Lincoln Memorial

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Washington Memorial with WW II memorial in the foreground

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Lincoln

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Lincoln again

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4 score and 7 ....

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another view of Washington Monument with the WW II memorial in foreground

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Korean War Memorial

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Ghostlike images coming out of the wall at the Korean War Memorial

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I think this was built for WW I.

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"I have not yet begun to fight."

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Washington Monument