{"id":577,"date":"2013-10-19T10:33:27","date_gmt":"2013-10-19T10:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/?p=577"},"modified":"2013-10-22T05:21:24","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T05:21:24","slug":"national-archives-and-the-capitol-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollenbeck.ws\/travel\/?p=577","title":{"rendered":"National Archives and the Capitol building"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s quite a lot to post for the day. \u00a0However, being the ballerina that I am I took a face plant \u00a0and torn up my left hand a little. \u00a0I couldn’t \u00a0take a face plant just anywhere, oh know not Margo. \u00a0I fell by the reflecting pool in front of the Capitol \u00a0building. \u00a0talk about embarassing. \u00a0So, I’ll do a full post when we get home later.<\/p>\n

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Hand is finally feeling better so here is the update.<\/p>\n

We got into the National Archives.\u00a0 You can’t take any pictures inside but I have to say it’s really kind of cool to see be able to walk up to the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of\u00a0 Rights.\u00a0 The Magna Carta is also there but sadly it was out for restoration when we were there.\u00a0 We got up to look at the Declaration and it’s pretty faded.\u00a0 You can make out John Hancocks signature at the bottom.\u00a0 Apparantly the Declaration hung next to a window in US Customs Office from 1841 – 1876.<\/p>\n

Our next stop was the National Museum of Natural History.\u00a0 This is not one of my favorite museums but I have to say it was pretty amazing.<\/p>\n

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We got some lunch at the musuem.\u00a0\u00a0 The museums might all be free to get into but the food certainly isn’t cheap.\u00a0 I think Dwayne and I spent easily $45.00 for lunch each day that we did lunch in the museums.<\/p>\n

We walked up towards the Capitol Building so we could walk through and get a look.\u00a0 As we were walking around the reflecting pool in front of the Capitol this is where Margo did her ballerina move and fell on my face.\u00a0 I seriously hate when I do stuff like that.\u00a0 I don’t bounce back like I used to.\u00a0 Needless to say my hand hurt like crazy but we continued on to the Capitol.<\/p>\n

Got inside and it’s amazing.\u00a0 We did a tour and got to see the Rotunda.\u00a0 The Capitol is pretty impresive.<\/p>\n

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Statue of Freedom<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rotunda dome<\/p><\/div>\n

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Statues of Presidents in the Rotunda<\/p><\/div>\n

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Paintings in the Rotunda<\/p><\/div>\n

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Statues in Statuary hall<\/p><\/div>\n

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After we got done with our tour of the Capitol we went through the underground tunnel to the Library of Congress.<\/p>\n

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Underground tunnel from Capitol to the Library of Congress<\/p><\/div>\n

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Glass room you can stand in to look into the library<\/p><\/div>\n

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That was our last stop for the day.\u00a0 We got on the subway and went back to our apartment so we could pack for our flight home.<\/p>\n

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subway tunnel at Capitol South station<\/p><\/div>\n

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