After a rather slow start I’m blaming on the 3 hour time difference, we started at the white house visitor’s center since my request for a tour of the White House was turned down.
This, of course, is us infront of a picture. It was a pretty cool museum, with lots of interactive displays and a really good film with past Presidents’ and First Ladies’ thoughts about life in this, the house of the people. After reading Michelle’s book “Becoming”, I appreciate the amazing significance of this house. It will always loom much larger in historical significance and symbology than whoever occupies it at any one time.
Next, we went to the Museum of the Bible.
George and I have been to a LOT of museums. This was the first time we kept just looking at each other and saying “wow, wow, wow”. It was stunning! From how they portrayed various bible stories, to the technology and special effects, to the historical artifacts from as early as 2500 BC... everything was absolutely top notch. Turns out 500 million dollars was spent building this! My favorite part, because it was new to me, was the history of the slave bible. Turns out British missionaries, trying to convert slave populations, presented their prospective converts in the West Indies with a bible that had all references to things like freedom and equality taken out, while leaving in passages about obedience and submission. So, they deleted 90% of the Old Testament and 50% of the New Testament! A sample from 1807 was on display. It was sure shorter than the one I read!
From there, we boarded a Hop on/Hop off tour, and just stayed on! It’s cloudy today, and it actually got a bit cool on the top deck!
We went All Over the main monuments!
And more...
We ended at the spot where the Big Bus night tour starts...and found proof that everywhere here is political! This is in front of the historic Willard Hotel. We discovered that Tomte is a democrat!
Now go to part two for the night tour!
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