silverpatronus
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Thu Dec-09-04 01:50 PM
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DCers and visitors! what's your favourite monument/memorial/museum? |
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mine is a toss up between the fdr memorial and the jefferson memorial. very different styles, but two beautiful locations, and very well put together.
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Thu Dec-09-04 01:51 PM
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Thu Dec-09-04 01:53 PM
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2. It used to be the Air and Space Museum... |
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but now I lean towards the National Gallery of Art.
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Thu Dec-09-04 01:54 PM
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jefferson. haven`t scene the fdr and the wall but would like to.
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Thu Dec-09-04 02:15 PM
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is four 'rooms', four fountains, one representing each of his terms. in each 'room' there are friezes, bronze statues and quotes from that term on the walls. i have a picture of me standing next to eleanor roosevelt. it's a beautiful open space, with lots of trees...very elegant and it makes you pensive. a beautiful memorial.
the wall is...different. it's so stark, it makes you want to cry. all those names...all those lives lost for a stupid misadventure that should never have happened. the simplicity makes for a really bracing impact. you come away from that one truly humbled.
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Thu Dec-09-04 01:56 PM
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Monument: Lincoln, for the speeches inscribed on the walls.
Museum: Smithsonian Museum of American History
I also like the area around the JFK Gravesite in Arlington, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's Graves in Rockville, The National Cathedral and the National Gallery of Art and the Hirschorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.....
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Thu Dec-09-04 02:40 PM
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8. my friends and i go ice skating in the sculpture garden... |
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every winter. it's a tradition.
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Thu Dec-09-04 01:56 PM
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5. Vietnam Veteran's Memorial |
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You can not go there and not be effected. Being a retired salt I looked up Admiral Boorda's grave at Arlington. Nothing fancy, just a government issue headstone far away from the big monuments. He is looking right at the Pentagon. Very intense for a swabbie who really loved his Admiral.
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Thu Dec-09-04 07:19 PM
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10. i agree about the vietnam memorial. |
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the wall is an intense experience.
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Thu Dec-09-04 01:57 PM
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6. FDR is so beautfiul, and Lincoln Mem is great too.. |
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Abe is so big up there! I think it would be great to work on the Mall with the Park Service. Lots of people, Republicans and Democrats, but almost everyone is there for the same reason..
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Thu Dec-09-04 02:42 PM
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9. American history museum (Smithsonian) |
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I can spend hours just looking at the coins.
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Thu Dec-09-04 08:22 PM
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11. Rodin Museum Philadelphia n/t |
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Thu Dec-09-04 08:23 PM
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12. Vietnam and Arlington Nat. Cemetary |
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Air and Space is good, too, but I'm an aviation buff.
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Thu Dec-09-04 08:31 PM
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13. I was deeply moved by the Holocaust Museum |
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Some of those images continue to haunt me. It's a very transformational experience.
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Thu Dec-09-04 08:31 PM
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14. Oh yeah, that's a good one, too. |
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Thu Dec-09-04 08:33 PM
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15. AMNH...in NYawkCity ! |
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Thu Dec-09-04 08:34 PM
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Edited on Thu Dec-09-04 08:36 PM by arwalden
I like the Lincoln Memorial... and the Vietnam Memorial.
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Thu Dec-09-04 09:25 PM
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18. Vigeland Sculpture Park in Olso |
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