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To complete things, below are pictures from a couple of days worth of low-key sightseeing in Washington, D.C.
The Capitol, as seen from the Old Post Office building:
The Wright flyer, at the National
Air and Space Museum:
The Mercury Friendship 7 capsule (the one that John Glenn was in when
he became the first American to orbit the Earth), also at the National
Air & Space Museum:
The X-1 that Chuck Yeager was in when he became the first to exceed
the speed of sound, also at the NA&S Museum:
The Spirit of St. Louis, also at the NA&S Museum:
The Apollo 11 command module (the one that went to the moon for the
first moon walk in 1969), also at the NA&S Museum:
The White House (there seemed to be some sort of event going on involving
motorcycle police and children wearing bicycle helmets):
The Lincoln Memorial (which was hard to photograph without tourists
blocking the shot):
The Washington Monument and reflecting pool as seen from the Lincoln
Memorial:
The Vietnam War Memorial:
The Jefferson Memorial and a close-up of the Declaration of Independence
(in the background in the first of these two shots):
The sitting room/library of our room at the Willard,
from the bedroom:
The bedroom itself and the view:
Two plaques outside the hotel, one noting that the Battle Hymn of the
Republic was written there, and another noting a pre-Civil War meeting
of the north and south there:
And finally, the lobby of the Willard:
[Note: There was filming for the movie Species 2 outside the hotel on the night of July 1st - actually closer to the Occidental Grill where we had dinner. The filming was scheduled to continue for a couple of days.]