18 Dec 04
Stone Mountain showing carving The carving shows 3 southern Civil War heroes: Confederate President Jeff Davis and Generals Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson.
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18 Dec 04
Top of the mountain near the cable car tower.
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24 Jun 04
Chesapeake Bay skipjack at Folklife Festival One last shot of the Mall as they prepare for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival this weekend. The boat you see here is a skipjack which was used before the turn of the century to dredge oysters from the Bay. These iconic work boats were used up until around 1970 when the oyster population in the Bay started to seriously decline due to overharvesting and disease. There are only about a dozen skipjacks that have survived and still work the Bay. Most other ones have been restored for museums or
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24 Jun 04
Bureau of Printing and Engraving One of the more popular sites near the Mall. Chances are a lot of the money you use every day is printed here. They offer tours which show how our paper currency is designed and printed. Apparently tour guides get lots of questions about "free samples" at the end of the tour!
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24 Jun 04
Jefferson Memorial and the Tidal Basin The Jefferson Memorial sits on the south side of the Mall across the Tidal Basin. Most of the images you see in this group were taken on land that didn't exist 150 years ago. Most of it was filled in to create room. There is a good article in the June 2004 issue of National Geographic which shows the development of the National Mall.
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24 Jun 04
Korean War Memorial This a relatively new memorial, installed in 1995. There are 19 statues of soldiers which are reflected in the polished granite wall in the background. 19 statues + 19 reflections = 38 which stands for the 38th parallel, an important point of reference during the Korean War
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24 Jun 04
Vietnam Memorial The Vietnam Memorial. It's currently undergoing a renovation of the lighting system (all those walls in the background) so only about a 1/3 of the wall is open. The wall holds the name of every soldier killed or missing, arranged in chronological order.
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24 Jun 04
WWII Memorial and Washington Monument Another shot from the other side of the WWII Memorial with the Washington Monument in the background. You can see the names of states at the bottom of the columns with the wreaths.
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24 Jun 04
New WWII Memorial plaza A shot in front of the new World War II Memorial on the Mall. Most of this picture is one half of the monument representing the Pacific theater during the war; there is a mirror image one for the Atlantic off to the right. The individual columns represent states or territories. The very back wall on the right of the picture holds approx. 4,000 bronze stars, one for every 100 U.S. soldiers killed during the war.
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19 Jun 04
Smithsonian Castle The Castle building is the original Smithsonian building, and one of the oldest on the Mall. At one time this building held the *entire* Smithsonian collection. They are now spread out over a half dozen huge buildings on the Mall, plus the new Air and Space annex at Dulles airport (where they have the Enola Gay on exhibit). The Castle now only holds some offices and occasional special exhibits, but the architecture is pretty unique for the area.
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19 Jun 04
Looking West down the Mall from the Capitol A view of the National Mall looking west from the Capitol. Washington Monument is prominent in the background. You can barely make out a number of tents and small buildings in the background. They are being constructed for the Smithsonian Folklife festival, and 3-week exhibition of cultures from around the world. This year they are featuring Haiti and the waterfront communities of the Chesapeake Bay region. This is a really neat event each year. Lots of hands-on displays, plus musicians, d
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19 Jun 04
West front of the U.S. Capitol building They are doing lots of work on the East Entrance (you can see the cranes in the background). Just a week ago there was a line stretching down the right side of the picture for the 4-6 hour wait to view Reagan's casket.
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19 Jun 04
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Front of the Natural History Museum (my favorite Smithsonian building). They are in the process of updating all the exhibits. Highlights include the Hope Diamond (largest blue diamond in the world; cursed!), the new Hall of Mammals, and the Paleontology wing. There's lots to see at http://www.nmnh.si.edu
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19 Jun 04
In front of the White House This is about as close as you can get to the front of the White House right now since they are "repurposing" Pennsylvania Ave.
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6 Jun 04
Take Us to See the USA with the National Cathedral
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5 Jun 04
At last some rest! The TB just before being put into the Great Scott too! cache.
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5 Jun 04
The TB shows up at the OM World Finals Before visiting the Clark's Nutcracker 2.0 cache, the TB made a visit to the Odyssey of the Mind (http://www.odysseyofthemind.com/) World Finals 2004 at the University of MD College Park. Odyssey of the Mind is a program for elementary through college age kids that encourages creativity and teamwork.
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5 Jun 04
The TB with a long view of the museum behind it. There are many, many planes in the new Air and Space museum extension.
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5 Jun 04
The Mars Rover Sojourner. This is a copy of the Mars rover Sojourner which went with the Mars Pathfinder. Pathfinder landed on Mars on July 4, 1997 and Sojourner operated until September 27, 1997 when scientists lost contact with it. It paved the way for the Spirit and Opportunity rovers that are currently operating on Mars.
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5 Jun 04
Another view of the Pan Am Clipper Flying Cloud Here is a closeup view of the Boeing 307 Stratoliner Clipper Flying Cloud.
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