Washington DC vacation 2009

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Washington's resignation from the Continental Army was re-created in this slightly inaccurate painting.


The room was being restored in mid-2009.


Toll bridge for US 50/301 across Chesapeake Bay




State number 47!




Legislative Hall in Dover. Closed on Saturdays. So I guess we WON'T tour two capitols in one day.


We toured the Old State House instead.


The gift store nearby closed forever after we visited - literally. Budget cuts again.


Near the Old State House


DE 1 approaching I-95.


I-95 through Baltimore


Stopped at College Park (aka "David's summer home" in the 2000s.)


Having seen the monuments in 1999, and reserving daytime for other things, we hit the monuments at night.


This picture of the Lincoln Memorial is surprisingly in focus.




While everyone else went to Richmond, I got to spend the day seeing stuff on/near the Mall.






Spent four hours in the Newseum and still didn't finish.




Prominent placement of the Register in the Sept. 11 section. A piece of the WTC antenna is nearby.


Notice that the Capitol has different shades of white for its different sections.


East side (back) of the Capitol. New visitors center underneath.




Spirit of St. Louis and Apollo 11 capsule.


Horrendously out of date NASA section at Air & Space. If the display is not older than I am, it is not far off.


Traer's most prominent former citizen gets prominent recognition.