Visiting DC (1 Viewer)

[Lycanthrope]

I am in DC this week for a work conference. First time in the Capitol, so visiting the Lincoln Memorial was a must for me:


I expected it to be impactful, but reading the words inscribed there was especially moving. There was a time when our nation's leaders (while of course human and therefore flawed) were articulate and intelligent, dignified and principled, serious and inspiring.

May we find our way back to that in my lifetime.

 

[multivita-man]

Visit Jefferson's Memorial, too. The rest can be seen with the eye from afar.

 

[Phys251]

I am in DC this week for a work conference. First time in the Capitol, so visiting the Lincoln Memorial was a must for me:

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I expected it to be impactful, but reading the words inscribed there was especially moving. There was a time when our nation's leaders (while of course human and therefore flawed) were articulate and intelligent, dignified and principled, serious and inspiring.

May we find our way back to that in my lifetime.

Anything else on the tourist agenda?

 

[multivita-man]

If you're on a schedule, you probably don't have time to venture afar. Would recommend Jefferson Memorial, Georgetown, and Arlington Cemetery. If you can arrange it, maybe a tour of Congress, but to me, lately, that's like touring a toxic waste dump. I remember getting a pass to see the US Senate live and in action in the late 1990s and I saw then-Senator John Kerry debating on the floor of the Senate, and I thought it was pretty cool. But that was a different era.

 

[Pyrite]

Anything else on the tourist agenda?

If I ever make it back to D. C., the Vietnam and Korean War Veterans Memorials are on my to-see list.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Anything else on the tourist agenda?

Wandering the National Mall, the Holocaust Museum, and (if time permits) the Smithsonian.

I'll be back in August for yet another conference. Suggestions are welcome.

 

[Lycanthrope]

If you're on a schedule, you probably don't have time to venture afar. Would recommend Jefferson Memorial, Georgetown, and Arlington Cemetery. If you can arrange it, maybe a tour of Congress, but to me, lately, that's like touring a toxic waste dump. I remember getting a pass to see the US Senate live and in action in the late 1990s and I saw then-Senator John Kerry debating on the floor of the Senate, and I thought it was pretty cool. But that was a different era.

We walked by the Capitol in the rain after dinner. Kind of surreal to realize it was the scene of J6.

 

[RetiredAtLast]

I'll be back in August for yet another conference. Suggestions are welcome.

The WW II Memorial would be high on my list, if I ever got back. As a young soldier stationed at Ft. Belvoir, I got to see much of DC and I think it ought to, somehow, be required. (Even got to be one of the hundreds of soldiers that lined the route for Eisenhower's second inauguration.) The top of the Washington Monument, however, would get a miss next time.

 

[Loulit01]

Anything else on the tourist agenda?

Smithsonian is an absolute must. Hurry, Trump has his eye on it.

 

[gdgyva]

I am in DC this week for a work conference. First time in the Capitol, so visiting the Lincoln Memorial was a must for me:

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I expected it to be impactful, but reading the words inscribed there was especially moving. There was a time when our nation's leaders (while of course human and therefore flawed) were articulate and intelligent, dignified and principled, serious and inspiring.

May we find our way back to that in my lifetime.

Lived there for nearly 40 years.....the city is awe inspiring
The politicians sometimes not so much
So much to do and so little time for visitors
Vietnam Memorial & Wall
Holocaust Museum
Air & Space Museum
As many of the other museums as time allows
Library of Congress
If a foodie, there are WONDERFUL places to eat casual and more elegant

We had people visit all the time and never got to everything on their list....
Enjoy it....and see the cherry blossoms which should be in full bloom

 

[lmt]

spy museum

 

[multivita-man]

If I ever make it back to D. C., the Vietnam and Korean War Veterans Memorials are on my to-see list.

Both are quite good, IMO.

 

[BirdinHand]

The Holocaust Museum is an experience that you will never forget…and quite impactful.

It is chilling.

 

[multivita-man]

spy museum

And of course the obligatory Smithsonian. Air & Space Museum is a must, IMO. The National Gallery and American Art Museum are good if you're into art. American History Museum, too.

Tried to go to the African American museum but couldn't get tickets. Haven't tried recently but it's been on my to-see list since forever.

 

[multivita-man]

The Holocaust Museum is an experience that you will never forget…and quite impactful.

It is chilling.

Ironically I've never been to the one here. Went to the Holocaust exhibit in Berlin, which is a large open-air art piece, and it just didn't seem to really do it for me. I actually felt more emotion while walking in Prague, where you'd occasionally stumble upon a Jewish cemetery or a street plaque marking a home that once belonged to a Jew but who was abducted and never heard from again. That, for me, was about as powerful as it gets. I've heard people say that the DC Holocaust museum is a must-see, that it is so powerful they are often really emotionally overwhelmed when they exit and I'm not in the mood for that these days, to be honest.

The closest I've ever come to feeling that way was when I visited the A-bomb museum in Hiroshima. I went in expecting to see all kinds of propaganda and how Japan was somehow an innocent victim, but it wasn't that at all. It was just a museum that aimed to show the horrors of warfare, and as much as anything, a message to Japan's future generations about why militarism is the wrong path and weapons of mass destruction should never be used - by anyone.

I digress - the thread's about visiting DC. I've heard the Holocaust Museum is excellent, even if depressing. They have a website I believe that gives a good preview and is quite informative.

 

[Callen]

Have visited DC several times. So many wonderful things to see . Enjoy as much of it as time allows. The Vietnam War memorial really got to me.

 

[Cope]

I am in DC this week for a work conference. First time in the Capitol, so visiting the Lincoln Memorial was a must for me:

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I expected it to be impactful, but reading the words inscribed there was especially moving. There was a time when our nation's leaders (while of course human and therefore flawed) were articulate and intelligent, dignified and principled, serious and inspiring.

May we find our way back to that in my lifetime.

One of two things is happening:

We are importing more stupid people, or the Dept(s) of Education are failing the entire country.

You can pick.

 

[Lycanthrope]

One of two things is happening:

We are importing more stupid people, or the Dept(s) of Education are failing the entire country.

You can pick.

A third element - the active demonization/promotion of an attitude of contempt of public education by those in power.

 

[gbg3]

If you're on a schedule, you probably don't have time to venture afar. Would recommend Jefferson Memorial, Georgetown, and Arlington Cemetery. If you can arrange it, maybe a tour of Congress, but to me, lately, that's like touring a toxic waste dump. I remember getting a pass to see the US Senate live and in action in the late 1990s and I saw then-Senator John Kerry debating on the floor of the Senate, and I thought it was pretty cool. But that was a different era.

Due to a family member who worked in the political news business in DC long ago (and got special passes for a few guests each year), I got to see the Senate live and travel on the Capitol subway that same day. I'm thinking we also got to eat lunch in the Senate lunchroom - but my recollection about that is a little fuzzy since I was just a kid then.

The Senator I remember speaking a lot that day was Ted Kennedy. I had little to no knowledge of politics but that wasn't too many years after President Kennedy had been assassinated. That was such a terrible and memorable event during my childhood that, even though I didn't know anything about politics, seeing and hearing a Kennedy in the Senate felt like a big deal to me. I remember my mom made me dress very nicely for that day of activities.

 

[gbg3]

Wandering the National Mall, the Holocaust Museum, and (if time permits) the Smithsonian.

I'll be back in August for yet another conference. Suggestions are welcome.

The Holocaust Museum is very impactful and sad, isn't it?

 

[element94]

A third element - the active demonization/promotion of an attitude of contempt of public education by those in power.

Can't have smart people while you're fully criminalizing the government. Imagine if that were to get out. Instead, you criminalize the ones who discover the criminality!