Inside, the great man in his chair, looking down the Mall at the Capitol. The Capitol, mirrored in the Reflecting Pool. The ghostly images of the Korean war memorial. The Vietnam Veterans' memorial, the most understated and dignified memorial we have ever seen, bearing the names of those killed in that war. There are books located on the site where people can look up the names of relatives and find them on the memorial.
Many visitors take rubbings of the names they have come to see.
General Jackson's horse panicked at the sight of the giant grasshopper. These guys are keeping watch over the Vietnam Veterans' memorial. Our favourite memorial was Einstein's , a big, cuddly bronze effigy of the man, sitting on a dais embedded with silver studs representing the stars in the sky. We saw barely a tenth of what what Washington has to offer, so we made a resolution to come back in Puffin and stay long enough to do the place justice. And next time, we'll bring proper walking boots.