On this day, I did a little sightseeing in
the morning. It was overcast and drizzling most of the day
therefore, most of the photographs I took lack a nice blue
sky.
I took off from my hotel and went south on 7th Street
heading toward the National Museum of Natural History. After the
museum I went to the Sculpture Garden and then headed toward
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Northeast side of Stephenson Grand
Army
of the Republic Memorial |
Stephenson Grand
Army of the Republic Monument
In Indian Plaza at the corner of 7th St. NW and
Pennsylvania Ave.
A three sided shaft composed of
granite blocks is adorned with high relief bronze
figures on each side. On the northeast side of
the memorial (photo at left) there is a female figure
dressed in long robes tied at the bust, and a cape
spread out around her. Inside the folds of her cape she
protects a small child standing on her proper left. Her
proper left hand reaches down and touches the child's
proper left shoulder. The word CHARITY appears below the
two figures.
See
complete catalog entry in the Art Inventory Catalog -
Smithsonian American Art Museum... |
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National Museum of Natural History
http://www.mnh.si.edu/
The museum with the kid
"wow" factor.
I enjoy natural history which is why I chose this
museum, out of the many museums in DC, to
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In the center of the
rotunda is the African Elephant |
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Outside
the Discovery Room.
A display about insects. |
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Dinosaurs and the Hall of Paleobiology |
Inside the Fossil Lab. There is a note on the
side
that says, "I am working on titanosaur dinosaur
bones collected in Wyoming in 2005" |
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The Janet Annenberg
Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals |
A cutaway of the Earth showing the
different layers |
Elbaite (with quartz, albite, and
microcline) |
Part of the Douglas Collection
showing
azurite, malachite, calcite, cuprite,
brochantite, mottramite, paramelaconite, and
connellite collected in Bisbee, Arizona |
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Views
of the Capital Building |
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The Unites States Botanical Garden
http://www.usbg.gov/
I did not have time to
go inside the building. Here are a couple of
pictures of the front entrance and a garden that was
on the west side of the building. There was a
sculpture exhibit going on at this time. |
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Major
General George C Meade Statue
The statue, located in front of the E Barrett Prettyman
United States Court House courthouse at 3rd St NW and
Constitution Ave, "is managed by the National Park
Service and was created by Philadelphia sculptor Charles
A. Grafly (1862-1929).
General Meade, a Pennsylvanian, was a noted Army officer
during the Civil War and achieved fame in his defense of
Gettysburg while commanding the Union forces. He
commanded the Army of the Potomac in 1863. The statue is
of marble on a marble base with grouped figures. Erected
as a gift by the State of Pennsylvania at a cost of
$85,000 under an Act of Congress January 21, 1915 (38
Stat. 1222), it was dedicated on October 19, 1927."
https://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/dcd/meade
More on Meade:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Meade |
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With the
Washington Monument so visible around town, you can't
help but have a little fun with it. This photo is
titled "Washington Monument Rising from Dome at Natural
History Museum" |
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