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Dec 4^th, 2007 at 8:50pm

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Working in Washington this week... took a little walk today and took some snapshots.

The Smithsonian Castle:

Part of the looooong-overdue WWII Memorial:

A certain country lawyer of some renown, immortalized in stone:

And some regular guys who got mixed up in a reaction to the "Domino Theory", immortalized in bronze.

A very fitting memorial, I think (although many disagree)... really makes you think about the people behind the names. I realized today I don't personally know anybody who died in Vietnam, but I did see one young lady on tiptoe, dragging her finger along until she called out "here he is!" to her companions and took a rubbing of the carved name with a pencil and piece of paper.

Next: perhaps a certain new annex to a local air and space museum... may try for that tomorrow, if work doesn't go too late tonight

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Reply #1 - Dec 4^th, 2007 at 8:58pm

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Great shots, hope to get there someday and see the sites firsthand

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Reply #2 - Dec 4^th, 2007 at 9:10pm

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I love Washington D.C.!! I have a conference I'm going too next year in Washington D.C. and I can't wait!!

The first time I was at the Vietnam War Memorial it was a somber moment for me. First I had two Uncles the each served three tours there and made it back but, my Brother had a very close friend that practically lived with us and I considered another older brother killed there. It was a hard time for his family and ours.

Thank you for sharing, Sean

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Reply #3 - Dec 4^th, 2007 at 9:11pm

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Great shots Sean, National Mall is extremely impressive, and every American should go there at least once in their lifetime. Heck, anyone should/could go there once in their lifetime, no matter where you are from. I wish I had been able to see the WWII memorial back when I was there, but oh well, maybe next time. Wink

You'd better be sure to go to the Air and Space museum. You can touch a moon rock if you want... Wink

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Reply #4 - Dec 5^th, 2007 at 2:08am

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Mobius wrote on Dec 4^th, 2007 at 9:11pm:

Great shots Sean, National Mall is extremely impressive, and every American should go there at least once in their lifetime. Heck, anyone should/could go there once in their lifetime, no matter where you are from. I wish I had been able to see the WWII memorial back when I was there, but oh well, maybe next time. Wink

You'd better be sure to go to the Air and Space museum. You can touch a moon rock if you want... Wink

Been to the old one... it's the Udvar-Hazy center I'm interested in now. Finished work early tonight, so I may actually wake up in time to go over there.

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