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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JPeace$, post: 2120548, member: 42727&quot;][USER=70703]@phankins11[/USER] , I was just in DC last week.&nbsp; The Lincoln Memorial was very cool.&nbsp; It was my favorite.&nbsp; The Korean Memorial is also very cool.&nbsp; IMO, much better than the Vietnam Memorial.&nbsp; When visiting the &quot;Mall&quot;, be prepared to walk a lot.&nbsp; Things look close, but I walked from 1/2 mile north of the White House (my hotel), to the Lincoln Memorial, Korean Memorial, WWII Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Washington Monument and then back to the hotel.&nbsp; It was a lot of walking.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a very cool statue of John Paul Jones in the Mall.&nbsp; It&#039;s tucked away on it&#039;s own little island.&nbsp; It&#039;s too bad really.&nbsp; It&#039;s off the normal trail, but a cool statue.&nbsp; He was the first captain to get the Brits to surrender to a US Naval Ship carrying the Stars and Stripes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also went to 2 of the Smithsonian buildings.&nbsp; The Money Display in the Museum of US History was underwhelming.&nbsp; It&#039;s small, poorly lit and not very well documented.&nbsp; I did enjoy this building overall.&nbsp; They are going to open a new US Money display in the near future.</p><p><br /></p><p>DO NOT EAT the hotdogs offered by the food trucks!&nbsp; I had a &quot;polish&quot; sausage and I can&#039;t remember when I had a worse meal.&nbsp; The only redeeming factor was the mustard!</p><p><br /></p><p>Maps of the mall are readily available.&nbsp; I was on business, but had some free time on Sunday afternoon (mall walk) and Wednesday morning (Smithsonian) before my flight.&nbsp; It&#039;s inspiring.&nbsp; Although I found the grounds to need some TLC.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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