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| Gen. Andrew Jackson |
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Pulling into a KOA late that night we booked in for a couple of days and set up our 10ft x 10ft awning that a great guy had just given us at the VW rally in Bath, Maine. It was nice to have the extra space to sit the chairs in the rain, just outside the doors to our bus. Rain. Did I mention that we have been in rain and cloudy weather since we left Boston. Its been quite a while. And pour. It's what I call "Forrest Gump Rain." That's rain that comes at ya from all around. From the sides and even up from below! Well it was some heavy rain and on the day we packed up to leave the KOA campsite we wanted to head into the city and walk about and see the sites. The rain let up. The sun came out and we had looked up a parking garage the night before... TomTom'd it and pulled into it at 7:45am. Parking the bus, we grabbed our backpacks with our laptops and headed out, excited to see the sites of this historic town. Walk... and walk... and walk. We walked our feet off!
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| Closed Wash. Monument |
The Washington Monument was closed due to fractures from an earthquake they had here! The huge reflecting pool that sits in front of the Lincoln Memorial, (the one Jenny runs through in that Forrest Gump movie I mentioned earlier), well it was totally torn up. Ripped to shreds. It looked like downtown Beirut. I guess this is where all the Stimulus money is going. Beatifying Washington.
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| What was the Reflecting Pool |
Anyhow we walked around the mess to go see Abe. He looked so majestic sitting up there looking down over the mess that used to be his pool. The building was truly impressive. I was glad to be there and to take the time to read all the writing on the walls of this shrine. Abraham Lincoln's words. His address after the war had ended.
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| Abraham Lincoln Memorial |
Now, I was under the impression that the Constitution was on display at the Library of Congress. So we began the long walk back up Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capital Buildings as the Library is behind them. Now the Library of Congress in a beautiful building and hosts Thomas Jefferson's personal library. You can't check out these books for a weekend read... but you can flip through them on computers as they have digitally scanned all the pages of the books and have them there on computer screens for you to read. Neat eh?
No Constitution though. And having spend numerous hours listening to the only politician that actually knows what it says and stand by those hollowed words, Ron Paul. I had to see this document and get a copy for myself. The guards kindly informed me that the sacred papers are on display at the National Archives and that this building was on the way back to our parking garage anyhow. So we made another stop. Hustling through the crowd of school children who had just showed up and were apparently being carefully examined by security we made our was to the large domed cathedral like chamber. With subdued lighting and marbled floors I took the time to notice every detail wanting to emblazon the experience into my mind. There were no photos allowed in the National Archives. Sorry.
No Constitution though. And having spend numerous hours listening to the only politician that actually knows what it says and stand by those hollowed words, Ron Paul. I had to see this document and get a copy for myself. The guards kindly informed me that the sacred papers are on display at the National Archives and that this building was on the way back to our parking garage anyhow. So we made another stop. Hustling through the crowd of school children who had just showed up and were apparently being carefully examined by security we made our was to the large domed cathedral like chamber. With subdued lighting and marbled floors I took the time to notice every detail wanting to emblazon the experience into my mind. There were no photos allowed in the National Archives. Sorry.
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