Washington D.C.
January 2001


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We were invited to march in the 2001 Inaugural Parade
for George W. Bush as the first civilian unit.

   

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This man attempted to raise a truck into the air using only his mind.  He failed.  (This is also the place where Bush sat during the parade.)

   

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Here we are having a wonderful time sight-seeing in the miserable cold weather early in the morning when we would have much rather been sleeping.

   

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The Washington National Cathedral was inspiring and really really big.

   

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Same cathedral, different angle.

   

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We also had time to visit the various museums and admire the gems.

   

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Here is a shiny silver thing.

   

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The Washington Monument at night.

   

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This is as close as we got to the Lincoln Memorial, since Ricky Martin had his concert there the night before and they were still cleaning up.  Thanks a lot, Ricky.

   

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We witnessed snow... it really does exist!

   

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I think this was Thomas Jefferson... but if you use your imagination, it could be your great great great great grandfather.

   

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La Capital.

   

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The ceiling of La Capital.

   

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A hallway in La Capital.

   

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The front of La Capital.  This is where they were setting up for Bush's speech.

   

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Beautiful architecture in The Library of Congress.

   

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They carbon froze Lincoln's head, just like what happened to Han Solo in Star Wars.

   

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The Washington National Cemetery.

   

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The Changing of the Guard.

   

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Then a UFO landed and abducted several of the trumpet players... but nobody missed them since we had too many to begin with.

   

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Pedro and Tim... chillin...

   

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And here are the long awaited guys-sticking-a-flag-into-the-base-of-a-statue.

   

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This art thing... with imprints of people's faces... and... it was neat.

   

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Mr. Roosevelt and his wheelchair are immortalized forever.