Virtuoso Insights - April/May 2009 - (Page 42) Clockwise from top left: Having a blast at the National Air and Space Museum; guarding the Tomb of Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery; spying elephants at the National Zoo; and a giant panda dines on bamboo. National Zoo (Smithsonian National Zoological Park) On January 10 of this year, a new gorilla baby was born in the zoo’s Great Ape House. It’s just one of the thousands of animals from around the world you can visit at one of the nation’s largest zoos, including Tai Shan, the adorable three-year-old offspring of the zoo’s Giant Pandas, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian. Free admission; parking is $15 for three hours and $20 for more than three hours. ©ANdy NelSoN/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum/ Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (Chantilly, Virginia) Counterpart to the Museum on the National Mall, the Udvar-Hazy facility — located near Dulles International Airport — houses myriad aviation artifacts along with hundreds of spacecrafts and rockets, including the space shuttle Enterprise. Head to the top of the observation tower to watch air traffic at Dulles. Free admission; parking is $12. Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Virginia) Pay tribute to the more than 300,000 men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country. Watching the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns is a somber, symbolic, and sacred experience. Free admission. More Washington, D.C. on page 44 P 42 Virtuoso insights
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