Andrew and I took off for D.C. at 7:00 in the morning trying to beat the crowds at all of the monuments. We drove to Andrews school where he parked the car and we jumped on the metro which is kinda like the subway. We went to the National Mall. We were going to go into the Washigton Monument but the line was crazy long. Went to the Jefferson Memorial, Then we walked through the F.D.R. Memorial, The Korean War Memorial, the past the reflective pool, around the WWII memorial, up to the Washington Memorial. After we saw all of those things (it was now a little after 10:00 they don't exactly put any of the memorials close together) Andrew and I went our seperate ways. I went to the Holocaust Museum and Andrew went to the Natural History Museum. We were going to meet up at 11:30 for Lunch. I stood in line for a very long time to get a pass for the museum and then my time to go into the main exhibit was at 12:15. I decided to just go to the stuff that you didnt need the pass for. I went to a short movie and I went to this exhibit called Daniels House and it was the story of a little Jewish boys experience throughout the Holocaust. Which took up almost my whole time so I called Andrew to meet up with him. And what a gentlemen he was. I who do not know my way around the area had to go and find him!!!!! Ugh needless to say I got a little misplaced (I can't say I was lost because I was headed in the right direction I just wasn't sure that I was). We went to Lunch and then to the Air and Space museum. That is all we had time to do before we had to get to our tour of the National Capital building. 
The Thomas Jefferson Monument. You feel so small when you are inside these monuments because they are just so tall. Andrew and I were the only ones there. Oh there was a squirell but he was polite enough to leave for my picture.
You could literally pull his finger and so many people have that the cooper has rubbed to shiney.
This was inside the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Monument. It is a very long monument. But it was amazing to me. This man had very strong opinions about war and this country that I greatly admire. This particular saying says "I HAVE SEEN WAR I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded... I have seen the dead in the mud, I have seen cities destroyed... I have seen children starving, I have seen the agony of mothers and wives.
The Thomas Jefferson Monument. You feel so small when you are inside these monuments because they are just so tall. Andrew and I were the only ones there. Oh there was a squirell but he was polite enough to leave for my picture.
You could literally pull his finger and so many people have that the cooper has rubbed to shiney.
This was inside the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Monument. It is a very long monument. But it was amazing to me. This man had very strong opinions about war and this country that I greatly admire. This particular saying says "I HAVE SEEN WAR I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded... I have seen the dead in the mud, I have seen cities destroyed... I have seen children starving, I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I HATE WAR" What a strong statement.
The World War I Memorial for all of the soldiers that died from Washinton D.C. I am standing next to the name John Thomas Banks. Amoungst many others. The names went around the whole building and those were just the ones from Washington D.C.
The Korean War Memorail. Along the side it has a wall that has war scenes and stuff like that eteched into it. It was really remarkable to see.
The Washington monument in the reflective pool. But man was that reflective pool nasty dirty.
The Washington Monument is so big that if you ever go to the National Mall this should be your meeting place for if you get lost. Everyone should be able to find it from almost anywhere.
Behind me is the Smithsonian Castle atleast I think that is what it is. By this point in the day my head was pounding but I trooped it out and made sure to strike a pose isn't it great. 
At the Air and space Museum. I can't remember exactly what in front of there were to many things in this area.
The World War I Memorial for all of the soldiers that died from Washinton D.C. I am standing next to the name John Thomas Banks. Amoungst many others. The names went around the whole building and those were just the ones from Washington D.C.
The Korean War Memorail. Along the side it has a wall that has war scenes and stuff like that eteched into it. It was really remarkable to see.
The Washington monument in the reflective pool. But man was that reflective pool nasty dirty.
The Washington Monument is so big that if you ever go to the National Mall this should be your meeting place for if you get lost. Everyone should be able to find it from almost anywhere.
Behind me is the Smithsonian Castle atleast I think that is what it is. By this point in the day my head was pounding but I trooped it out and made sure to strike a pose isn't it great. At the Air and space Museum. I can't remember exactly what in front of there were to many things in this area.
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this is so funny because i was just reading my friend shelly's blog and she has pics of all the same places cuz she was there last week too!
Hey, what's the story behind your right hand wave??? Is there an inside joke to that?? On a movie??
Re-check my blog. You have made an appearance. :)
the guy that went with me said that he has made this trip so many times that he could just take a picture of me on a green screen and just photoshop it onto all of his pictures. So I started to pose like that in all of the pictures just to be funny. But he was a trooper and took a picture of me normal too.
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