I went to DC recently for the second time and I highly recommend visiting. The monuments and federal buildings are gorgeous in person and the Smithsonian museums are just incredible, not to mention free. There are some nice restaurants and bars in the area as well. Places that get extra kudos: Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Arlington Cemetery and of course the National Mall.
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| Botanical Garden |
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| Lost ducks we found under a car |
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| Korean War Memorial |
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| Watergate |
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| Arlington |
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| Piano at the American Art Museum |
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| Pompeii at the American Art Museum |
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American Art Museum Adams Memorial, by Augustus Sain-Gaudens 1886
“Clover” Adams, wife of the writer Henry Adams, committed suicide in 1885 by drinking chemicals used to develop photographs. Adams, who steadfastly refused to discuss his wife’s death, commissioned Augustus Saint-Gaudens to create a memorial that would express the Buddhist idea of nirvana, a state of being beyond joy and sorrow. |
