After a side trip to Gettysburg, we spent another day in D.C. trying to see as many things as we could. Looking back at these pictures, maybe we tried to cram a little too much into a single day. Whew! The first stop was Ford's theater. They were setting up for a Christmas performance on the stage. If we had it to do over again, I would have spent more time in the museum before you enter the theater.
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| Books written on Abraham Lincoln |
After taking a peek at the White House, we walked all the way back to the Smithsonian area and met up with Meme and Pop at the Air and Space Museum. It was Nate's favorite stop! He LOVED the flight simulator.
We didn't get a lot of great pics of the mall. The Capitol was in scaffolding and there where white tents and port-a-potties lining the mall in preparation for a big Veterans' Day concert. On a positive note, we got to hear some of the performers practicing for the concert. Jennifer Hudson singing the national anthem in the background as we walked from museums to monuments was my favorite moment of the trip.
We made a second quick trip to the Museum of American History to see Dorothy's ruby slippers and few other things we missed the first time.
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| Nate was disturbed by the archaic Apple II. |
Ashley wanted to go back to the First Ladies Inaugural Gown exhibit. She especially loved the dresses worn by Jacqueline Kennedy and Nancy Reagan--two of the more fashionable first ladies. She remarked that Michelle Obama has some big feet! ;)
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