February 21, 2024
The Federal Triangle section of Washington exudes the power of our democracy. Wedged between 6th and 15th Streets and Pennsylvania and Constitution Av...
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February 21, 2024
While visiting the Washington National Cathedral’s Bishop’s Garden, I came across a plaque commemorating the donation of the garden’s sprinkler system...
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February 21, 2024
On the four corners of Lafayette Square across the street from the White House are statues of heroes of our Revolutionary War, without whom, victory w...
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February 21, 2024
On Sheridan Circle along Embassy Row one is surrounded by elaborate Gilded Age mansions that have been converted into embassies. They’re the site of e...
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February 21, 2024
Albert Einstein, everyone’s favorite physicist contemplates the universe from his perch on the lawn of the National Academy of Science on Constitution...
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February 21, 2024
In Lincoln Park on Capitol Hill the life of Mary McLeod Bethune is remembered by this sculpture. If you’ve been exploring Washington, you may recogniz...
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February 21, 2024
One of the things I like best about the WWII Memorial is that it remembers everything and everyone that made victory possible. Because the war wasn’t...
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February 21, 2024
A demon lives in this house. Or at least one did in 1973 when the movie the Exorcist was filmed in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington. The Exor...
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February 21, 2024
Protests happen every day in Washington. Some are big with hundreds of thousands of marchers. Others are just one person with a sign. Regardless of...
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