Washington DC: Inside and Out

Library of Congress

Neptune Fountain

Inside Library of Congress

This is the Reading Room; you must order a book and someone will bring it to you.  I was disappointed that you couldn't browse the stacks...

Thomas Jefferson Library

Thomas Jefferson sold  his entire collection of 6,487 books to the Library of Congress after the British burned the Capitol and Library of Congress in the War of 1812.  A second fire on Christmas Eve in 1865 destroyed 2/3 of this library.  The current Jefferson Library books are marked with ribbons - green ribbons are original volumes ( not lost in the fire), gold ribbons are replacement volumes purchased by the Library of Congress, no ribbon volumes were already owned by the library, and finally a black box marks the spot for titles they don't have.

Hallway to Young Readers Center

Young Readers Center

The Library of Congress does not collect children's books so their collection of 5,000 books seemed small to me; smaller than Cove School Library!

I'm reading award winning books for 2013.

Supreme Court

Contemplation of Justice statue

Supreme Court Great Hall

Scott in the Great Hall.

Supreme Courtroom

Bronze elevator door, take the elevator or...

the stairs.

Spiral Staircase

Ford's Theater

John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln while he was at Ford's Theater with his wife, Mary and friends.  He jumped from this balcony and escaped.  President Lincoln was taken to the Peterson house across the street from the theater where he died the next morning.  

President Lincoln's box

Peterson House

Lincoln Memorial

I'm standing beside the Oregon column at the Lincoln Memorial.

Three Servicemen Statue

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Arlington Cemetery

JFK Memorial

Eternal Flame

Eternal flame at President John F. Kennedy's memorial.

Amphitheater at Tomb of Unknown Soldier

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Changing of the guard.

Scott watching changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Washington Monument

Under construction, the Washington Monument cracked during an earthquake in August 2011.

Archives 

The Archives of the United States houses our important documents including the Bill of Rights, the Constitution, and the Declaration of Independence.

Holocaust Memorial Museum

This museum provides documentation, study, and interpretation of Holcaust history.

This black sculpture is a twisted and broken swastika.

Homes not far from the Capitol.