Lincoln Memorial

Four score and seven weeks ago.... How much is a score again? You think Lincoln would have used the "score" terminology if he knew nopony in the future would remember how much a score was? Here's a big 'ole monument to remind everypony how cool this guy was.

Very ancient Roman looking building. What would it be like to be that one person in ancient times that thought up of the whole "column" thing? Mad props to that guy! (Or gal?)

Nice building but LINCOLN is in there! Click on the "Read more" below!

American History 4

The last bunch of pictures from the American History Museum. There's plenty more museums and pictures to go!

In the gift shop... SPACE ICE CREAM! If you've never had any, you gotta get some! And if you have had some already, you still... gotta get some!

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American History 3

Cars and Kitchen stuff. You might not think there's too much "history" yet for cars and modern kitchen stuff is still a little boring, but there were exhibits and we got pictures!

My friend made me post the "old" McDonald's stuff as the main picture, since he worked there around this time. So it's like personal history. Did he actually use THAT fry scoop? Maybe???

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American History 2

More pictures from the American History Museum!

Pop culture time! What treasures were on display? Usually the Ruby Slippers from The Wizard of Oz are right in front but they were being put in the new not-yet-open section.

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Eclipsed Expectations

I'll take a break from the DC trip pictures to post some recent excitement over the much-hyped ECLIPSE! Will taking pictures of the Sun break our phone? Let's find out!

Here's the start for us in New Jersey at about 1:21 pm. Looking at the camera, not the sun. So it took a few pictures to get a "good" one!

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American History part 1

Buckle up because we took like a thousand pictures of museum stuff! Just kidding, but seriously there's a bunch. I'll try to post them more frequently so check back every other day or so for fresh pictures. So if you have a lunch break or some small amount of time, you can sort-of spend it in Washington DC for the next few weeks?

Our next stop was the Museum of American History! Nothing too special about this sign except to get you excited to find out what we found inside!

So click on the "Read more" below to see what we found interesting enough to photo?

Archived

Our first stop was at the National Archives. This is the place where you can see the actual documents that "created" America. The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, among others. Who wouldn't want pictures of those, right?

So you can imagine my reaction to find out there was a strict no-pictures policy for the entire building. Apparently the act of taking pictures damages the fragile papers? Thanks a bunch, science.

Still, we took a few pictures. Click on the "Read more" below?

Hotel and stuff

What vacation doesn't start with checking into a hotel? BORING! We actually just threw our stuff in the room and bolted out the door to make it to the Arlington services in time. Still, it's nice to have some pictures to look back on to remember silly things like hotel rooms?

Typical hotel room. We're in DC so is there like, listening devices all over these rooms? I remember that from somewhere. We brought Impulse with us because it's always better to travel with a friend.

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Arlington Honors

Last week we went on vacation! Kinda. We traveled to Virginia to say a respectful farewell to a dear friend's father who had recently passed away. Highly ranked in the United States Navy, he earned the great honor of resting among the Nation's heroes at the vast Arlington Cemetery. We didn't take pictures of the service, but rather of the cemetery itself. We asked it it would be okay to post some pictures and our friend was cool with it. It might seem a little sad, and it is, but I'll try to be a bit cheerful, too.

Outside the church you can see all of the grave sites of many soldiers that fought for our great country. Without people like these, we might be living a very different style of life right now. So yay freedom! And thanks!

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Just a few things

Hey everypony! I realize I have quite a backup of pictures lately, so I might have to skip over a couple of bike rides to post pictures from our recent trip to Washington, DC. While I'm sorting those out, here's a few random pictures to enjoy.

Baby is the name of the car on the TV show Supernatural, and it's probably my  friend's favorite character on the show! We were a little worried when we found out the POP! figure would be a convention exclusive but Hot Topic got some so we were all over that!

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Princeton Ride Home

Another bunch of pictures from our bike ride around Princeton.

America doesn't really have "old stuff" like castles in Europe or pyramids, but this campus somehow gives off that kind of old-world feeling.

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