On this day, our plan was to
walk to The White House and the Lincoln Memorial and to see
anything in between.
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When we got to 15th Street, we turned
left heading south. On our right was the Treasury
Building.
Visit the Treasury website to find
more about this building..... |
Treasury Building - North side |
Plaque on the wall outside the Treasury Building |
Guarding our money outside
the Department of the Treasury |
Treasury Building - South side |
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Corcoran
Gallery of Art
We left
President's Park on the west end and found ourselves on
17th Street. In front of us was the Corcoran
Gallery of Art
Visit their
website.....
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One of the lion statues in front
of the Corcoran Gallery of Art |
American Red Cross National
Headquarters |
National Headquarters for the Red Cross
We continued south on
17th Street and saw the National Headquarters for the
Red Cross
Visit their
website..... |
General
Simon Bolivar Statue
We
meandered a little down C Street off of 17th Street, to
get this photograph of the General Simon Bolivar statue,
which is on the corner of C Street, 18th Street, and
Virginia Avenue. There is a small triangular
shaped park there.
We then headed southeast toward
the Washington Monument. |
General Simon Bolivar Statue |
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The
Washington Monument
is the most prominent monument
in the city. You can see it just about anywhere in
the city.
When I arrived in the city, the first thing I noticed
was the absence of any buildings over the height of 13
or 14 stories. Hmm... I thought... was it because
there was a moratorium on any building that would block
the view of the monument?
Well the answer is yes...
there is a limit on the height of the buildings in
Washington, D.C., but it has nothing to do with blocking
the view of the monument.
It has more to do with
the city planners of long ago not wanting to block the
sunlight. There is a formula they use having to do
with the width of the street the building is on.
Read an
online article by the Washington Post on this
topic....... |
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National WWII Memorial
The National WWII Memorial opened April 29, 2004 and is
a memorial to all Americans who served in the armed
forces during World War II.
The memorial consists of 56
pillars arranged in a semicircle around a plaza.
There are two pillars on each end titled the Pacific and
Atlantic Pavilion. Each pillar is inscribed with
the 48 states (at the time of the war) and the 8
territories under US control.
The following are
websites with more information about this memorial:
http://www.wwiimemorial.com/
http://www.nps.gov/nwwm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
National_World_
War_II_Memorial |
Memorial Plaza |
Pacific Pavilion |
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Atlantic Pavilion |
Fountain at the National WWII Memorial |
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Pillars
showing American Samoa, Guam,
Hawaii, and the District of Columbia |
General Douglas MacArthur quote
The War's End
"Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy
has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies
no longer rain death - The seas bear only commerce -
Men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight.
The entire world is quietly at peace." |
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