Washington, USA

Early fall in 2015 I have spent in the East cost of USA, visiting New York, Washington and Philadelphia. Each of those cities impressed me in a different way as each ofg them holds the unique atmosphere.

Washington for example is a grid with many wide avenues.

Constitution avenue

The signing of the Residence Act in 1790, approved the creation of a capital district located along the Potomac River on the country’s East Coast. The U.S. Constitution followed soon and the city was named in honor of first US President George Washington. Hence the Washington Monument – the obelisk on the National Mall, as the world’s tallest obelisk (169 m).

Washington Monument

The Lincoln Memorial is an American national monument built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the western end of the National Mall .

The centers of all three branches of the federal government of the United States are in the Washington, including the Congress, President, and Supreme Court.

Federal triangle. Jefferson building.

The White House

As the city hosts 176 foreign embassies as well as is the headquarters of many international organizations, trade unions, non-profit organizations, lobbying groups, and professional associations, the entire feeling is much posh and less dazzling than some other US cities.

Even the bus station seems impressive.

Union station

 Part of the National Mall is interesting to see World War ll Memorial with the all 3 ocean side’s built: Pacific, Atlantic and Indian (depends on the fronts and names of people killed).

World War ll – Pacific side

The Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial, dedicated to Thomas Jefferson (18th century), one of the most important of the American Founding Fathers as the main drafter and writer of the Declaration of Independence. 

Jefferson Memorial

The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is located in West Potomac Park. It is called the Stone of Hope and it is representing granite statue of Civil Rights Movements. 

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

 The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol Building, is the home of the United States Congress, and the seat of the legislative branch of the USA. It sits atop Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

During my visiti there were some cionist protests.

Capitol Hill

Judaism is not cionism demonstrations at the Capitol Hill

Washington is home to many national monuments and museums, which are primarily situated on or around the National Mall too. Many of them are part of the Smithsonian Institution, being for free as Smithsoinian was the collectionist, founder and benefactor.

So I gave myself dedicated time to this as the museums were really impressive and ofcourse, I never managed to visit them all.

My first stop was National Museum of American History and Culture where I learned a lot about Indigoneus people of America and the first formers of USA fighting against british domination, slavery in Civil War in 18th century and emancipation of women.

The next stop was American Natural History Museum. Maybe the only better natural history museum I saw was in Vienna, Austria. But if.

This one gives the entire historical development of animals and plants through the ages of the development of american continenet as well as their spread through the climate environment and survival.

The rfly terrarium… Unfortunately they were flying constantly around so I couldn’t capture not one properly… 🙂

The Botanic Gardens were humid a lot. But smelly on tropical flowers 🙂

I liked the presentation of picking and processing three main plant cultures: cotton, tea and cocoa:

And the secret life of roots…

Romeo and Juliette

The Natural American History Museum kinda captures both Americas and the dead civilisations. The girl who once lived in Chile and travelled South America, visiting Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil couldn’t be more entusiastic about this!

The instrument of Inkas

The last one I visited was the Air Space Museum about the NASA. Of course. 🙂

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