We didn't get to go into many of these buildings because there is just too much stuff to look at in Washington DC. We'll just have to come back again.
The US Treasury Building
The Supreme Court Building
The Senatorial Office Building - Big and spacious isn't it?
Natural History Museum - We went in this one. It had some pretty cool exhibits. My favorite one was the forensic exhibit. It showed examples of different bone injuries or diseases and how to tell if something was pre, post or at the time of death. I was all over that exhibit. I love forensic shows and I love FOX's Bones. The museum did spend a great deal of its square footage on how I originated from monkeys which I didn't so much appreciate since I know I originated from something a bit more divine.
Super cool architecture inside the Natural History Museum.
National Archives: Oh how I wish we had time to have gone to this one. It would have been cool to see the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence etc. 
Library of Congress - I wonder what it takes to get a library card there?
National Gallery of Art - wanted to see this one too ::pout:: no time!
FBI Building - construction on a steam vent nearby makes it look like it is on fire.
Smithsonian Castle
We also went to the Holocaust Museum. Didn't take pictures there - not supposed to of course. That was overwhelming. Your mind automatically wants to tell you it cant possibly be true because it is so horrible even as you know it is and see the evidence of it. So many shoes.....Some house that was white.
It is a pretty building. And no matter how you feel about its current resident - you cannot look at the building without thinking it must be really something to be able to live there. The snipers on the roof are a nice artistic touch don't you think?
Secret Service police outside the white house fence. Andy pointed out that it says right there on their cruiser that they are the secret service - doesn't that make it not such a secret anymore? :) There was a stroller without anyone standing near it when we were there. They got right on that and were yelling at everyone to see who it belonged to. Kind of fun to see a little bit of the action - even if it was just a couple of not so secret service officers and an empty stroller.
Thoughts and Impressions: The buildings all around Washington DC are some of the prettiest I've ever seen. It was nice to see such a historic city be so pleasant to visit and look at. The whole city gave me a real sense of patriotism. Every American should travel to DC - sort of like a Pilgrimage to Amerecca. (Mecca - get it!) It was defining and refining.
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I particularly liked two amusing and insightful comments... “Big and spacious” and “how I originated from monkeys”. :)
I could not quite see the snipers and was unable to get to the full size photo - I was able to do that on one other.
Oh how I love this place. Some of my fondest dating Jermaine memories come from D.C.! I LOVE YOU D.C.!!!!
I like to believe that God caused evolution to happen, and that our idea of time is different from His, and that's why it seems impossible to have both evolutionism and creationism in one theory. Not an argument, just a thing I've always believed (since I was little and in science class). And I love the pictures AND the snipers. DC is so impressive and cool. I was just telling Chris we need to go back. Maybe next year for the cherry blossom festival. Gorgeous.
I also like the "Big and Spacious" comment. Oh, by the way... to answer your question on what it takes to get a library card to the Library of Concress ... next to nothing (free but you have to go through registration). Gage and I went to the south building (there are two, KaraLynne is showing the one just east of the Capitol Building). It is a working library so when Gage and I went in looking all touristy the guard struck up a conversation with us. After hearing a "clue" that we were wondering about geneology research he told us how to get a card (knowing full well that this was a whim). If Gage and I had returned to the LoC soon enough on Friday (before 5 pm) we could have gone in the Reading room. If you have read the Lost Symbol you know this is the large room with the octagonal desk at the center. My coolest souvenier was this library card.
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