#1 of 39 things to do in Washington
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Andy99 says:
No experience of Washington, DC, can be complete without seeing the annual Cherry Blossom display. Each spring since 1912, the Japanese cherry trees have bloomed along the Tidal Basin. The original 3,000 cherry trees were a gift from Japan. A few of the original trees survive today. The beautiful di…
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#2 of 39 things to do in Washington
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tj1777 says:
No other president got a memorial as well located as Lincoln - at the end og the National Mall you will see his giant memorial looking down along the National Mall towards the Washington Monument and the Capitol Hill.
The building is a limestone and marble structure with 36 huge columns - which …
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#3 of 39 things to do in Washington
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Andy99 says:
The Kennedy Center is Washington, DC's, principal venue for large-scale music and theatre performances. Musicals, opera, symphonic and chamber music, ballet, dance and jazz can all be enjoyed here. In addition to its five performance spaces, the Kennedy Center also offers free performances by a var…
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#4 of 39 things to do in Washington
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Andy99 says:
Construction began on the new Visitor Center for the United States Capitol in 2000. The Visitor Center was opened to the public in December 2008 and provides a climate-controlled space for visitors waiting to tour the U.S. Capitol building. Previously, visitors queued in the open air (and summer hea…
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#5 of 39 things to do in Washington
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Documama says:
This is an independent bookstore for the traveller in us. Lots of guidebooks, maps, plus a host of other wonderful books about the world. Cuisine, culture, customs. Funny, serious, whimsical, practical.
It's run by Candida, a lovely woman who's done her fair share of travelling too. It's a smal…
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#6 of 39 things to do in Washington
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tinna says:
This one was my favorite of all. It's one of the newer memorials - wasn't here the last time I was in DC...
With quotes of FDR all over it, makes one really think. The current administration could take a few hints from this lovely memorial. Made of four sections (to represent his terms), statu…
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#7 of 39 things to do in Washington
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Andy99 says:
When Barack Obama took the Oath of Office as 44th President of the United States, he placed his hand on the same Bible that Abraham Lincoln used at his inauguration ceremony in 1861. The Lincoln Inaugural Bible, as it is known, is in the Rare Books collection of the Library of Congress. On the day f…
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#8 of 39 things to do in Washington
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Andy99 says:
Every summer since 1967 the Smithsonian Institution has held the outdoor Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, DC. It's a great way to experience a wide variety of world cultures and traditions. There is one theme country each year (in 2008 it was Bhutan and in 2009 Wales…
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#9 of 39 things to do in Washington
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antigonewanders says:
The Supreme Court offers two options for visitors: an exhibit accompanied by a tour and oral argument. Casual visitors should stick to the exhibit. They will be able to learn a basic history of the U.S. Supreme Court and visit the court room. Constitutional law buffs should make a point of watchi…
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#10 of 39 things to do in Washington
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tj1777 says:
Thomas Jefferson was the first US secretary of state, the second vice president and the third president. Not to mention the former governor of Virginia and the lead author of the Declaration of Independence. Hence it is not too surprising he has got one of the most noteworthy memorials in Washington…
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#11 of 39 things to do in Washington
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joyrathod says:
Sensory overload is all I can think of when I try to describe Artomatic. For those of you who haven't been, it's an annual art festival held for the entire month of June (and a few days in July) in our nation's capital. Artists display their works throughout nine floors of space. People always sa…
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#12 of 39 things to do in Washington
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missandrea81 says:
The National Mall houses all the important sights in D.C. This is really the start out point to see all the monuments, museums and official building that the Nation's capitol has to offer.
If you don't like to be inside you'll walk along the mall. If you feel like getting out of the sun/rain you c…
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#13 of 39 things to do in Washington
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Shaon says:
It is a really great Natural History Museum. There is almost everything you have ever heard of. There is dinosaur fossil and other animals fossil too and much much more. There is lots of stuffer animal, and some of them are put on display like they are hunting something or roaring or something like …
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#14 of 39 things to do in Washington
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Andy99 says:
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum opened in 1993. It serves as a memorial to those who perished during the Holocaust and as a research and documentation center.
Visitors encounter the sculpture Loss and Regeneration at the entrance to the museum. The main exhibition space at the museum …
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#15 of 39 things to do in Washington
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Andy99 says:
Tha National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, is the most comprehensive art museum in the Nation's Capital. The National Gallery is located along the National Mall and is housed in two connected buildings. The West Building is the original structure, dedicated in 1941. (If the West Building's rotun…
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Cherry Blossoms in Washington, DC
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