Over my 47 years, I’ve done my fair share of travelling across these United States. I thought it would be an interesting experiment go look back at those trips to each of the 31 states I have visited (62% isn’t bad, is it?) and see if, and when, I may be returning. Working in alphabetical order, we continue today with the, umm… well, it isn’t really a state, but rather the seat of our federal government. Founded in 1791 to house our nation’s capital, we present the District of Columbia.
StateDistrict: Columbia
Recognized as a federal district: 1801
Visits: 1
My one trip to Washington, DC came in June of 2019 to celebrate Michael’s graduation from junior high. After arriving on Sunday night after an afternoon in nearby Baltimore, the week in DC was spent taking in most, if not all, of the tourist and historical sites.
We started things off on Monday with a trip to the Smithsonian Zoo, after which we headed towards the White House to check out the sites. We followed that up on Tuesday with trips to the Smithsonian Museum of American History, Supreme Court Building, and the US Capitol, where we took a tour which led us out through the Library of Congress. We also spent some time on the National Mall, where we saw the Washington Monument
History and culture was put on hold on Wednesday in exchange for some Americana as we traveled to Nationals Park to see the hometown Nationals take on the White Sox. A trip to the Newseum and the Jefferson Memorial, where we saw a half-dressed Big Bird in-between filming, returned us to the main thrust of the trip on Thursday. Friday returned to the Mall, where we saw the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial, before heading to the National Air and Space Museum and then taking a tour of the White House. After that, the plan called for a “show” at Ford’s Theatre, but a fire alarm cut that short. Before heading to the airport on Saturday, we took another trip to the Mall to check out the World War II Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, and the Vietnam War Memorial.