The Nation's Capital
(Part 1)

Visiting Washington, D.C. has been on our "to-do" list

for quite some time.  It seemed practical to combine some history

trips with a church conference and family reunion to get

the most "bang for our buck."

Thanks to the careful planning of my cousin, Brenda, 

our visit to the city was smooth and trouble-free.
Our itinerary was laid out, tickets pre-purchased, and lunch packed

away in coolers in our vehicles.

Our first stop of the day was especially for the Lincoln fans in the family.

The Petersen House where Lincoln died.                          

               

We had to wait a little while in line until it was our time to enter.
There were many school groups in D.C. that day and very few same-day tickets available
so it was a very good thing that ours were pre-purchased.

Our tickets allowed us into the museum in the basement of the theater
with an Acoustiguide tour.

After that we attended a Ranger talk about the night Lincoln was assassinated.

Lincoln's theater box is forever enshrined.

The bed where Lincoln died in the Petersen house.

He was too long for the bed and had to lie diagonally.

This room is much smaller in reality than it is in pictures

painted of the event.  I think the painters took quite a bit of liberty in

making the room larger and more opulently furnished than it really was.  

From the Petersen House, we were taken via elevator to the top of the building next

door which is The Center for Education and Leadership.

We started at the top floor and worked our way through the

display rooms down to the first floor.

These are books that have been written about Lincoln.

It was a very informative morning but now it was time to return
to our vehicles and eat lunch because we had

a very busy afternoon ahead.

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Quote of the day: "I am disappointed that the city is so modern.  I was hoping
that it was more like a city frozen in time-past."