A Quick Trip To DC

4/24/10

While I was in MD, the five of us who were training together decided to take the Metro into DC. All of us had been before except for one person, but DC is interesting no matter how many times you go. We checked out the Washington Monument, but sadly, the tickets for the day were already sold out so we weren't able to go up it. http://www.buzzle.com/articles/facts-about-the-washington-monument.html

Then it was off to the Lincoln Memorial. http://www.buzzle.com/articles/lincoln-memorial-facts.html and we also checked out a couple of the museums at the Smithsonian. It would be easy to devote an entire day to each museum, but sadly, we didn't have that much time and we had five peoples interests to take into consideration. We did pretty good I think. Thankfully we all got along well. We went first to the National Museum of American History and saw The Star Spangled Banner, the flag that flew over Fort McHenry and inspired Francis Scott Key to write our national anthem. http://americanhistory.si.edu/ They also had a great exhibit about the Apollo Theater which we all enjoyed as well as a display in the cafeteria area of lunch boxes, many of which were from our own childhoods.

We spent some time at the National Museum of the American Indian too, and I'm kicking myself for not taking any pictures of the building. It is meant to resemble cliff dwellings and is a really beautiful building. For some reason, the official website isn't opening for me, so this is the best I can do at the moment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_American_Indian

The Washington Monument 4.24.2010