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Reflecting on the Freedom Wall at the WW II Memorial – each of the 4048 stars represents 100 Americans.
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Lincoln Memorial: Abraham Lincoln was key in preserving the Union & beginning the end of slavery in the US.
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Lincoln looking worn and pensive, but he does have a nice view of the Washington Monument!
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Looking back from the Washington Monument towards the Lincoln Memorial
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Self-portrait at the Washington Monument!?
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Smithsonian Metro station – the Metro has this distinctive concrete, coffered barrel vault architecture.
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Arlington National Cemetery was thought provoking – more than 300,000 are buried, from the American Revolution through to Iraq and Afghanistan (~28 funerals a day).
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Keeping Arlington National Cemetery pristine
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The Korean War Veterans Memorial has the inscription: “Freedom Is Not Free”
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Washington National Cathedral is full of amazing art and architecture.
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Detail from the plaster model for the carving at the Washington National Cathedral
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My tour of the Capitol was by Barack Obama (made in China)
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United States Capitol
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Lincoln Memorial in dark chocolate
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Iwo Jima Memorial in dark chocolate
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Bringing a baby into the world is labor of love
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“There’s no place like home”
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Sam and Friends
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It was a no-brainer
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To make a long storey short
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Chicago Spire, Chicago, USA
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"The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public" - George Jessel
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Babbit, look out he's behind you!
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If I opened my Gryffindor would you Slytherin?
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Reflecting on the commute home
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Metro mirror
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"Out of a mountain of despair, a stone of hope."
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"The ultimate measure of a man is... where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
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Neuroscience Wordle
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Cajal Mural
