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Free Monuments Tour for Just a “Tip”
Touring the National Mall in Washington, DC on your own can be so very fun, but sometimes you want the back story…the facts…the history…the dirt. And that’s where DC By Foot come in with their Free Monuments Walk Tour. Walking tours of the na...
Meet Best-Selling Authors at the National Book Festival in Washington, DC
Seventy-five bestselling authors including mystery and fiction writers David Baldacci, John Grisham, John Irving, Julia Alvarez, history writers Ken Burns and Gwen Ifill and celebrity chef and children’s book writer Paula Deen will be among many au...
Photo of the Week – Is that an Alien in Constitution Gardens Lake?
One recent morning during a National Mall bike ride, I spotted this alien looking National Park employee in full wet suit, gloves and gas mask walking chest deep in Constitution Gardens Lake, adjacent to the Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Me...
Monument Monday – Joseph Henry, The Smithsonian’s First Director and Master American Scientist
16 places are mentioned in this post! [...]...
Photo of the Week – Too Young for Woodstock
This past weekend at the Sylvan Theatre on the National Mall in Washington, DC, a 40th anniversary live music concert celebrating the 1969 Woodstock music festival was held. While the small crowd seemed to enjoy the music school students putting on ...
Woodstock Music Festival Hits Washington, DC…40 Years Later
"An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music" was held 40 years ago this past weekend in upstate New York. The event was Woodstock. It was the music event of the decade. With 32 acts performing in front of 300,000 younger concer...
Washington, DC’s Constitution Gardens – Dedicated to the Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Mostly overlooked by visitors to the National Mall, a memorial to the 56 signers of The Declaration of Independence and Founding Fathers of the United States, is located at Constitution Gardens. In the center of Washington, DC’s National Mall, itâ€...
The National Mall – Washington, DC’s Park for Team Sports
On just about any Saturday or Sunday afternoon, the National Mall in Washington, DC fills with not just tourists on vacation visiting DC’s famous monuments, memorials and museums, but area athletes using the park’s open spaces to play a variety o...
Screen on the Green – Great Movies on the Mall
Being saved from cancellation Screen on the Green, the annual outdoor presentation of movies on the lawn of the US Capitol has been saved through grassroots efforts, including a serious Facebook and e-mail grass-roots campaign to the event sponsors...
Monument Monday – The Cultural Monument of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
The 43rd annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival highlights Music in the Latino Culture, Words in African American Culture and the nation of Wales.  “The Americas: A Musical World” explores the diverse, evolving and expanding sounds of Latino music...
Let the Good Times Roll - The Duke Ellington Jazz Festival
As they say in New Orleans….Laissez les bons temps rouler – Let the good times roll. And that’s what will happen at this year’s annual Duke Ellington Jazz Festival which celebrates the jazz of New Orleans. During the 11-day festival, jazz ...
Photo of the Week – A Family Relaxing at the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall
Not your typical family visiting the National Mall and stopping by the Reflecting Pool, but very cute just the same. Mama duck was very calm as people walked by her family enjoying some sun between the Lincoln Memorial and the World War II Memorial....
Sakura Matsuri…DC’s Japanese Street Festival
Enjoy over 30 hours of live Japanese cultural performances at the Sakura Matsuri, the annual Japanese Cherry Blossom Street Festival, the largest one-day exhibition and Japanese cultural street fair in the United States. Performing on the three stage...
