2008 Official GLBT Travelers Guide - Pride in DC - (Page 35) uniOn sTaTiOn 50 Massachusetts Ave. NE · Washington, DC · (202) 289-1908 · unionstationdc.com · For nearly 100 Metro: Union Station. years, Union Station has been the gateway to the nation’s capital. Every year, 29 million visitors enjoy shopping, entertainment, and an international variety of food in this Beaux Arts transportation hub. Visit our website for coupons. WOODlaWn PlanTaTiOn 9000 Richmond Hwy. · Alexandria, VA · (703) 780-4000 · woodlawn1805. org · Woodlawn was the home of Eleanor Custis Lewis, granddaughter of Martha Washington who married Lawrence Lewis, George Washington’s nephew. A beautiful example of Federal-Era architecture built in 1805. Open Mar. - Dec. 10 am - 5 pm Closed Jan. - Feb. Open Mondays by special appointment only. Metro: Huntington. monUment & memorIaLS afriCan aMeriCan Civil War MeMOrial fDr MeMOrial African-Amer Civil War Memorial/ Cardozo. arlinGTOn naTiOnal CeMeTery is a sculpture commemorating the more than 208,000 African American soldiers who fought in the Civil War. The memorial is appropriately placed in the Shaw section of the District. Shaw refers to Robert Gould Shaw, the white colonel of the first African American regiment. Metro: U Street/ Vermont Ave. & U St. NW · Washington, DC · (202) 667-2667 · afroamcivilwar.org · This memorial Ohio Dr. · Tidal Basin & the Potomac River · Washington, DC · (202) 426-6841 · A 7.5-acre site, the memorial depicts 12 pivotal years of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presidency through a series of four outdoor gallery rooms. It is the first memorial in Washington, DC purposely designed to be totally wheelchair accessible. Open daily except Christmas. Free. Park Ranger in attendance 8 am midnight. Metro: Smithsonian. kOrean War veTerans MeMOrial Independence Ave. at the Lincoln Memorial · Washington, DC · (202) 426-6841 · nps.gov/kwvm · Located adjacent to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, featuring sculptured soldiers and a 164-foot mural wall inscribed with the words, Freedom Is Not Free and etched with 2,500 photographic images. Open daily 8 am - midnight. Free. Metro: Foggy Bottom-GWU. linCOln MeMOrial JeffersOn MeMOrial Arlington National Cemetery · Arlington, VA · (703) 607-8000 · arlingtoncemetery.org · Our Metro: Arlington Cemetery. nation’s most treasured burial ground is home to more than 285,000 honored dead. Among the thousands are the graves of President John F. Kennedy, Thurgood Marshall, Joe Louis and the Tomb of the Unknowns. Open daily 8 am - 5 pm (to 7 pm AprSept.). Free Admission. marble rotunda, the 19-foot statue of the third U.S. president is surrounded by passages from the Declaration of Independence and other famous Jefferson writings. Open daily except December 25. Free. Park ranger in attendance 8 am-midnight. Metro: Smithsonian. Tidal Basin South End · Washington, DC (202) 426-6841 · Beneath the overlooks the Reflecting Pool, the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol. Inside, the 19-foot marble statue of the 16th president is flanked by inscriptions of his Second Inaugural Address and the famous Gettysburg Address. Open daily except December 25. Free. Park ranger in attendance 8 am midnight. Metro: Foggy Bottom-GWU. Independence Ave. & 23rd St. NW · Washington, DC · (202) 426-6841 · nps.gov/linc · This grand monument 35 See & Do http://unionstationdc.com http://woodlawn1805.org http://woodlawn1805.org http://nps.gov/kwvm http://afroamcivilwar.org http://nps.gov/linc http://arlingtoncemetery.org
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