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Honoring the men and women who served in the controversial Vietnam War, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial chronologically lists the names of more than 58,000 Americans who gave their lives in service to their country.

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The memorial currently consists of three separate parts

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The memorial also includes "The Three Servicemen" statue and the Vietnam Women's Memorial.

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The Memorial Wall is made up of two 246-foot-9-inch long black granite walls, polished to a high finish making them appear to have a mirror effect; while etched with the names of the servicemen being honored in 144 panels of horizontal rows with regular typeface and spacing.

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When a visitor looks upon the wall, his or her reflection can be seen simultaneously with the engraved names, which is meant to symbolically bring the past and present together.

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One wall points toward the Washington Monument, the other in the direction of the Lincoln Memorial.

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On Friday night there was a Candle Light Vigil at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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The United States Capitol is among the most symbolically important and architecturally impressive buildings in the nation. It has housed the meeting chambers of the House of Representatives and the Senate for two centuries.

Let’s go there…

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Inside the Visitors’ Center we have Lady Liberty awaiting us

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I got lucky!  It was early on Saturday morning and walked right in!  Perhaps another way to look at this was they knew.  “Jock is coming to Washington!”

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The U.S. Capitol Rotunda is a large, domed, circular room 96 feet in diameter and 180 feet in height located in the center of the United States Capitol on the second floor.  The Rotunda is used for important ceremonial events as authorized by concurrent resolution, such as the lying in state of eminent citizens and the dedication of works of art.  The Rotunda canopy features the painting entitled The Apotheosis of Washington, and the walls of the Rotunda hold historic paintings and frescoed band, or frieze depicting significant events in American history.






 

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Men like Washington, Grant, Jefferson, Eisenhower, King, Regan and many more can be found here.

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Speaker of the House Paul Ryan was to meet me here but I guess he forgot.  It was a Saturday after all and besides when IS Congress in session give all of the time they have off.

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The National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol Building is comprised of statues donated by individual states to honor persons notable in their history. The entire collection now consists of 100 statues contributed by 50 states.

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The large circular area on the first floor of the building is called the Crypt.  The 40 Doric columns of brown stone surmounted by groined sandstone arches support the floor of the Rotunda.