After the Holocaust Museum, we went to the National Mall and got hot dogs at a food concession stand. It was still cold, the wind was blowing pretty hard, but it was nicer than it had been earlier. After eating, we headed out to visit as many monuments as we could before we needed to head to the Capitol for our tour.
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| WWII memorial |
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| The Illinois pillar |
We visited the Vietnam Memorial (The Wall), which is one of my favorite places in the world. However, I never quite feel right taking pictures there. It is a solemn, sacred place. We talked quite a bit about the Vietnam War, and the names of the soldiers on the wall, but no pictures.
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| Lincoln Memorial |
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| The great Leader. |
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| Can you find Nate? Taken from the spot where Martin Luther King, Jr gave his "I Have a Dream" speech. |
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| Speaking of Mr. King... |
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| The view from the Tidal Basin. The cherry blossoms were almost ready to bloom. |
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| FDR memorial |
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| Jefferson Memorial |
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| Inside the Jefferson Memorial. |
After viewing the Jefferson Memorial, we called for a ride to the Capitol building. Nate took a ton of pictures inside the Capitol, but I won't include many of them here. The Capitol tour was so crazy, there were hundreds of people trying to go on tours at the same time. Our tour guide was one of Dick Durbin's staffers. We were constantly being told to get out of the way by the "official" tour guides. It was so noisy, that we could hardly hear what she was trying to tell us.
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| So. Many. People. |
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| The original doors, that ended up too heavy for anyone to open. They became a decoration. |
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| A 15 million dollar chandelier. |
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