July 11, 2023
Hammers and Helicopters: Getting Ready for Inauguration
In Washington, we know how to do big events. Between marches and international meetings, we have lots of practice. But nothing beats an inauguration....
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July 11, 2023
Big Blue Hahn/Cock
Here’s something you don’t see every day: A fifteen foot blue rooster. After spending eighteen months crowing over London’s Trafalgar Square, Katharin...
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July 11, 2023
Memorial on the Edge of Town
You’ve probably driven by this memorial dozens of times and not noticed it. Between Memorial Bridge and National Airport (on your right heading south...
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July 11, 2023
Rent-a-Panda
One of the highlights of any family’s tour of Washington is seeing Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, the pandas at the National Zoo. But unlike other animals t...
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July 11, 2023
The Capitol’s Christmas Tree
Since 1970 the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service has provided the Architect of the Capitol with Christmas trees. The source of the trees rot...
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July 11, 2023
EXPLAINING BASEBALL TO SOMEONE FROM OVERSEAS
Many of my guests come from overseas and one of the things I love to do with them is to go to a Nationals game. But have you ever tried to explain bas...
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July 11, 2023
Decoding the Flags on the Inaugural Stage
The only references in the constitution to installing a new president address the oath he or she must take and the date and time of the transfer of po...
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July 11, 2023
Visiting the Speaker’s Office
The images from the US Capitol following the recent terrorist attack are shocking. So, to try to return to some resemblance on normalcy, I thought I’d...
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July 11, 2023
Air Mail Memorial
Washington is full of memorials to people or events. Most are big and impossible to miss. But some are rather small and almost impossible to find, lik...
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