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Tag Archives: Photo by Rick Snider
Montrose Park — the grass next door
It’s not often a beautiful park is overshadowed by its neighbor, but Montrose Park at 30th and R Sts. NW has to be compared with adjacent Dumbarton Oaks Gardens. Well, Dumbarton charges and Montrose is free and more of a … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday: Found among the memorials
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Tagged Photo by Rick Snider, Washington D.C., Wordless Wednesday
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The lady in white
It’s not often a statue gets center stage – twice. The Statue of Freedom lies atop the U.S. Capitol dome, but also inside the Capitol Visitors Center underneath. The statue shows the “Lady Freedom” with her right hand on a … Continue reading
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Tagged Lady Freedom, Photo by Rick Snider, Statue of Freedom, U.S. Capitol
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By the shores of gitchigoomie
Maybe it’s ironic that the man who wrote “Paul Revere’s Ride” is remembered in the middle of a busy intersection. A bronze statue of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is at Connecticut and M Sts. N.W., one of the busier crossroads in … Continue reading
Four brothers at Arlington National Cemetery
Band of Brothers is often used beyond the famous World War II unit. But for one grave marker at Arlington National Cemetery, it’s true. The four McCullough brothers are buried together in the back of the cemetery. All served in … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday; Mayflower Hotel lobby
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Tagged Mayflower Hotel, Photo by Rick Snider, Washington D.C., Wordless Wednesday
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Wordless Wednesday: National Museum of the American Indian
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A champion in the ring
You’re busy trying to make the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns so you see an interesting grave but don’t stop. Well, stop on the way down the hill at Arlington National Cemetery because if nothing … Continue reading
Seabees Monument stands ready for action
The toughest men of World War II might have been the Navy Seabees. Created in March 1942 to construct whatever was needed in World War II, the “Construction Builders” were known as “CBs” and hence Seabees. These guys could build … Continue reading
Native Washingtonian 101 – Spring’s coming and so are tourists
This isn’t a cherry blossom tree. It’s an ash tree in my yard. But where one tree blossoms, soon will those around the Tidal Basin. And then here comes the boom — of tourists. I know, I felt the same … Continue reading
John Carroll still overseeing his campus
Bishop John Carroll grew up in Upper Marlboro, Md., educated in Europe, returned to become the leader of American Catholics and established Georgetown University. So why do students put toilet seats under the bronze statue on campus and place jack-o-lanters … Continue reading
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Tagged Georgetown University, John Carroll, Photo by Rick Snider, statue
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Wordless Wednesday: FDIC campus in Arlington
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Tagged Arlington Va., FDIC, L. William Seidman Center, Photo by Rick Snider
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Buffalo Dancer II offers prayers
George Rivera described his bronze statue of a Buffalo Dancer as showing Native Americans showing respect to the buffalo that provide their sustenance through dance. It’s the first statue of an American Indian on the National Mall. The Pueblo of … Continue reading
Volta Bureau remembers Alexander Graham Bell
It has been known as the Bell Carriage House, Bell Laboratory, Volta Bureau and Alexander Graham Bell Laboratory. No matter. The Volta Laboratory is a National Historic Landmark for helping the hearing impaired. Built in 1893 by Charles Summer Tainter … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Graham Bell, Georgetown, Photo by Rick Snider, Volta Bureau, Volta Laboratory
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