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Not all of us went to AIPAC's Policy Conference 2006

Contrary to popular belief, not everyone in DC attended opening day of AIPAC's "Policy Conference 2006: Now Is The Time."

This recreational photographer drove right past the mammoth Convention Center (already decorated for the FOSE conference set to begin on Wednesday, oddly enough) en route to a very enjoyable day under clear blue skies in the sunny, almost-60 degree weather here in our nation's capital.

I hope you enjoy the pictures I have posted below as much as I enjoyed taking them!

As always, comments, critiques and suggestions are welcome!

View of the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorials, respectively, from the sidewalk of the White House

 

The Eisenhower Executive Office Building (aka OEOB)

 

Fluttering Flag Behind the Buds

 

Dandelion outside the Treasury Building

 

"The Patent System Added The Fuel of Interest to the Fire of Genius -- Lincoln

 

An AWESOME view of the Washington Monument

 

A view of the Capitol from across the Mall

 

Yet another Washington Monument angle

 

World War II Memorial Cornerstone

 

World War II Memorial Quote - Admiral Nimitz

World War II Memorial Quote - General MacArthur, The War's End

 

World War II Memorial - Pacific Theater memorial

 

World War II Memorial Quote - Walter Lord on the Battle of Midway

 

World War II Memorial Quote - President Roosevelt, Pearl Harbor Day

 

World War II Memorial Quote - General Eisenhower, "D-Day" June 6, 1944

 

World War II Memorial - Atlantic Theater memorial

 

World War II Memorial Quote - General Marshall

 

WW II Memorial Quote - President Truman

 

Washington Monument, as seen from the World War II Memorial

 

Washington Monument (with the Capitol on its bottom right) as seen from the Lincoln Memorial

 

Blooming cherry blossoms (with two memorials in the background)

 

You saw it here first! The first blooming cherry blossoms in DC!

 

Washington Monument, as seen through swollen cherry blossom buds and reflecting off the Tidal Basin

 

Ducks swimming in the Tidal Basin in the foreground, Jefferson Memorial in the background

 

Wispy clouds high above the Tidal Basin and Jefferson Memorial, respectively