Washington, DC: Part III, The National Mall and the Smithsonian Museums

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Washington, DC: Part III, The National Mall and the Smithsonian Museums

Published: Wednesday, December 25th, 2013 @ 2:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage ( More Entries )

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Within the National Museum of American History is the so many artifacts of Americana, like this peddlers wagon, traveled the few dirt roads, and pathways that stretched across the American frontier. These fellows were the forerunners of the traveling salesman: Above. My personal favorite was the World War II exhibit. This display case exhibits the American weapons that helped win that War. Notice the Thompson (.45 caliber) sub-machine gun (in upper case) and the (BAR) Browning Automatic Rifle (.30-06 caliber) in the lower case. Missing is the M1 Garand (.30 caliber): Below. photos by Stan Deatherage

These two exhibits represent the irony of history. The Fall of the Berlin Wall, will always symbolize freedom's victory over totalitarianism: Above. Once a People own freedom, that freedom must be defended against totalitarianism, in this instance the bigoted / racist hate of Jihad. Here is the 911 exhibit, where the World Wide War on Terror began to eradicate the Jihad of Muslim extremists. Actual steel structural support members, from this most unnatural disaster, is the foundation of this exhibit: Below. photos by Stan Deatherage

The National Archives Building at different times of the year. As on can tell by the ice skater, one of these shots was in early March: Above and below. photos by Stan Deatherage

From the National Sculpture Garden, we see the National Gallery of Art: Above. Here in the Modern Art sector of the National Museum of Art, we begin our afternoon of this hard rain Sunday. I like to begin in this section so I can always gain a greater appreciation of the good stuff in the more conventional halls and galleries of the museum: Below. photos by Stan Deatherage