My day 2 pictures were not cooperating and so we will move on to day 3.
This was the only museum we paid to go in: National Building Museum.
It was not worth it.
There was some cool architecture but as far as displays or information it was a bit weak.
I don't believe it is part of the Smithsonian group and you could tell.
A museum employee came and told us to stop taking pictures shortly after I took these and then was annoyed that the kids were playing so long at the hands on exhibit.
We had left early to stand in line for tickets to go to the top of the Washington Monument.
It was amazing!
Jon made friends with the police and their horses.
Lily and Arabella loved a chance to run and play in the open field while we waited for our turn to ride in the elevator. It was a gorgeous day!
You could see the Washington DC temple easily from one of the windows. This is a zoomed in shot but it was so fun to see it out there. We had tried to get out there the day before via public transportation but there was some work being done on the Metro and it did not happen.
This is one of many pictures Peter took of the construction of the monument. Oh he is an engineer through and through!
We rounded off our day with a trip to the Vietnam Memorial.
It is a bit hard to try and help your kids understand the full impact of some of these things when they have not had the chance to study and learn about them.
I hope that in future years as they do learn of them they will remember this trip and hopefully a bit of the reverence they felt at these monuments.
I love the design of each one.
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