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Trip to DC, brass sculpture of the U. of Maryland mascot, Testudo, the Terrapin, College Park
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Trip to DC, part of the education department at the U. of Maryland, typical architectural style of the buildings on campus
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Trip to DC, Trees lining pathway at the U. of Maryland, College Park
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Trip to DC, great to see the new Thurgood Marshall Hall on the campus of the U. of Maryland at College Park
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Trip to DC, street signs outside the new Thurgood Marshall Hall at the U. of Maryland in College Park
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Trip to DC, plaque for Mary Church Terrell at a corner building formerly Hechts Department Store, which Ms. Terrell and other activists desegregated in 1951 - 1952 through their nonviolent protests at this site
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Trip to DC, plaque for Mary Church Terrell and fellow activists at a corner building formerly Hechts Department Store
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Trip to DC, Walt Whitman Way alongside the National Portrait Gallery
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Trip to DC, portrait of Betye Saar by Michele Mattei, inkjet print, 2012, in the National Portrait Gallery
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Trip to DC, detail of the new portrait of Oprah Winfrey by Shawn Michael Warren, 2023, oil on linen, in the National Portrait Gallery
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Trip to DC, still love visiting the portrait of President Barack Obama by Kehinde Wiley in the National Portrait Gallery
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Trip to DC, Amish quilt show at the SAAM, crazy quilt attributed to Katie King, Lancaster CO., PA, ca. 1938, cotton and wool
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Trip to DC, detail of crazy quilt embroidery on quilt attributed to Katie King, Lancaster Co., PA, ca. 1938, cotton and wool, show of Amish quilts at SAAM
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Trip to DC, Amish quilt show at the SAAM, Unidentified maker from the Lapp family, Lancaster Co., PA, Lone star pattern, ca. 1935 - 1945, cotton and wool
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Trip to DC, Amish quilt show at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Unidentified maker, Arthur, IL, crazy quilt, ca. 1930, cotton and wool
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Trip to DC, folk art collection in the SAAM, carved and painted wood figures by Shields Landon Jones, 1975, West Virginia
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Trip to DC, SAAM, "Employment of Negroes in Agriculture", by Earle Richardson, 1934, oil on canvas
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Trip to DC, small painting by Thomas Hart Benton in the SAAM, "Wheat", 1967, oil on wood
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Trip to DC, SAAM, "Scenes of American Life: Beach", mural from old Social Security building, Washington DC, 1941 - 1947 by Gertrude Goodrich, dry pigment in beeswax emulsion on canvas
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Trip to DC, the wonderful Native American History Museum
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Trip to DC, the lovely Native American History Museum
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Trip to DC, bandanas left at the Native American Veterans monument adjoining the Native American History Museum
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Trip to DC, lovely beaded piece in the Native American History Museum by Teri Greeves, Kiowa, 2011, "Sunboy's Women"
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Trip to DC, Hibiscus in bloom at the DC Botanical Garden on a rainy day
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Trip to DC, Hibiscus in the rain, DC Botanical Garden at the Capitol
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Trip to DC, back garden at the Omni Shoreham hotel
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Trip to DC, Jeff at the lovely Omni Shoreham Hotel
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Trip to DC, Hibiscus in bloom at the Omni Shoreham hotel
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Trip to DC, the Smithsonian Zoo Carousel
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Trip to DC, Jeff on the Zoo Carousel, bison
