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Arlington National Cemetery:
Illuminated Night Tour
Smithsonian Complex:
Also, these are fun if you don't mind venturing outside of DC:
Other to do: try contacting your Congressman/woman or Senator(s). Great way to get an inside tour of the Capitol or even White House. Even if you didn't vote for the guy, they are surprisingly helpful.
Staying in Old Town Alexandria, as mentioned is good. Plan your stay and map it out and make sure your hotel is near a Metro station, if you don't want to move your car. The Metro will get you to all of the places mentioned in DC. You'd have to drive to get to the "outside DC" list.
EDIT TO ADD.......................DW just mentioned that you cannot just walk into the Holocaust Museum and walk around. You have to schedule a tour and each tour runs about 4 hours. DW's sis is a tour guide there.
Also, if venturing out, try also the Marine Corps Museum (off I-95 at Quantico, VA).
llecs wrote:Whirled has a great list. I live outside of DC and haven't visited half the stuff on there.Other to do: try contacting your Congressman/woman or Senator(s). Great way to get an inside tour of the Capitol or even White House. Even if you didn't vote for the guy, they are surprisingly helpful.
Staying in Old Town Alexandria, as mentioned is good. Plan your stay and map it out and make sure your hotel is near a Metro station, if you don't want to move your car. The Metro will get you to all of the places mentioned in DC. You'd have to drive to get to the "outside DC" list.
EDIT TO ADD.......................DW just mentioned that you cannot just walk into the Holocaust Museum and walk around. You have to schedule a tour and each tour runs about 4 hours. DW's sis is a tour guide there.
Also, if venturing out, try also the Marine Corps Museum (off I-95 at Quantico, VA).
Message Edited by llecs on 05-04-2008 09:24 PM
fishbjc wrote:To see the wall of shoes,
I live in the shadow of a hill A hill of little shoes I love but I shiver with a chill A chill I never lose I live, I love, but where are they? Where are their lives, their loves? All blown away And every little shoe's a foot that never grew another day If you could find a pair And put them on the floor Make a mark in the air Like the marks beside your door When you were growing You'd see how tall they were And the buckles and the laces They could do up on their own Or almost could With their tongue tips barely showing Tell you how small they were And then you think of little faces Looking fearfully alone And how they stood In their bare feet being tall for the last time Just to be good And that was all they were They were like you in the same year But you grew up They were scarcely even here Before they suddenly weren't there And while you got dressed for bed They did the same but they were led Into another room instead I live in the shadow of a hill A hill of little shoes I love, but I shiver with a chill A chill I never lose And I caught this cold When I was chosen to grow old In the shadow of a hill of little shoes
Clive James