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The Christopher Columbus fountain at Union Station |
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Looking towards the Capitol building at sunset |
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Looking down the mall from the Capitol. You can see the Washington Memorial in the distance. |
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I really had a thing for the dome at the Capitol . . . |
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Sunset in D.C. |
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View of the Washington Hilton Hotel from my hotel room. President Ronald Regan was shot there on 30 March, 1981. |
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The Library of Congress, the world's largest library. It contains more than 134 million items! This is the Thomas Jefferson building |
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The library has some of the oldest examples of printing still in existance and also has an original vellum copy of the Gutenburg bible |
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The stained glass ceiling of the Great Hall, 75 feet above the floor |
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Some of the details of the Great Hall |
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Exterior details of the building |
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The fountain in front of the Thomas Jefferson building |
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Washington National Cathedral, the 6th largest cathedral in the world |
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The cathedral has been the site of state funerals, memorials, Presidential prayer services and is also where Matrin Luther King Jr. spoke on the Sunday before his death. A memorial was held here for him 5 days later. |
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I couldn't get a photo of them, but the cathedral has 110 gargoyles, including one of Darth Vader! |
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The central tower is as tall as a 30 story building! |
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The Creation Rose window |
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The Space Window In the center is a 7.18g lumar rock brought back by the Apollo 11 astronauts |
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Tomb of Woodrow Wilson, the only President buried within D.C. |
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The seal in front of Wilson's tomb. This is the war time seal with the eagle looking towards the right. |
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A detail of one of the 215 stained glass windows in the cathedral |
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One of the pulpit carvings |
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The War Memorial Chapel The points are symbolic of those of a bayonet. |
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Each of the US States and the armed services are represented in this needlepoint in the War Memorial Chapel |
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One of the fantasy scultpures over the gate into the Children's Chapel |
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The Great Choir seating area at the High Alter |
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Each of the desciples are respresented in these carvings. This is St. Peter with the keys to the gates of Heaven. |
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This pilar is for Judas. It is left blank to represent his unfinished character. |
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The alter of St. Mary's Chapel |
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The Cannon's doorway. Carved around it are . . |
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canons! |
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Statue of Abraham Lincoln at the crypt entrance |
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The alter in St. Joseph's Chapel |
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The Resurrection Chapel. To me, this mosaic made this chapel the most beautiful. |
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Detail of the mosaic |
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Candles lit for my grandparents |
