| Washington, DC-The Nation's Capital |
| DC is a great place-tons of museums, monuments, history, etc. The best part is that most of it is free! |
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| To the left is a picture of the Washington Monument taken from the National Mall. To the right is a display of the ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland as Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. This display is in the Smithsonian's Museum of American History. |
| Above is the Hope Diamond, apparently the largest diamond ever found. It is on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. |
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| To the left are 3 World War II fighter planes on display at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum.. Being the World War II plane buff that I am(mostly from playing computer games), I was really interested in seeing these. The top is the German Me-262, probably the best fighter built in the war. Unfortunately for the Germans, Hitler delayed production and the Me-262 was not produced until late in the war when the air war was already lost. The middle picture is an RAF Spitfire and the bottom picture is a German Me-109. These two fighters were mainstays throughout the war. |
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| To the left is a picture of the original Wright Brothers' plane(also from the Air and Space Museum)-the first flight in history! |
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| While I was in DC, I was able to attend Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. To the left are below are pictures outside the church. |
| To the left is a picture of the main stained glass window and organ from the inside(directly below the picture of the exterior view). |
| Above is one of the small chapels in the Basilica dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. To the right is a view of the high altar and some of the surrounding artwork on the walls and ceiling. |
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| Finally, to the left are two pictures from the National Zoo. Above is a picture of a gorilla and below is a picture of a hippo. Click here to return to my homepage. |