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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust spent 4 days in DC
My first time there. A few tours of all the monuments, then a Capital Building tour. The feeling of history and the many people who have been part of this county is at first deeply moving and inspires reverence. Then, for me, images from Jan 6 took over and it was just overwhelming. Sad, nauseating, infuriating, all of that.
The complete lack of respect and honor for what has been created, and deliberate violence against all the buildings and people that represent our great county will haunt me forever.
Maybe the special counsel will at last bring some sort of consequence to the orange malignancy and those who helped organize the riots. I hold out great hope.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,043 posts)MLAA
(17,327 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,818 posts)bottomofthehill
(8,346 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,818 posts)3catwoman3
(24,041 posts)of the Capitol with excrement tells you all you need to know about them.
Probatim
(2,542 posts)That's about my favorite part of going to DC - little restaurants all over the city.
BOSSHOG
(37,099 posts)It was the most moving memorial Ive ever been to. I dont think I could ever go back. Im a veteran who served during the Vietnam War but not in Vietnam.
judesedit
(4,443 posts)The Korean War memorial really got me. So lifelike. All are beautiful attempts to remember those who fought and died, but fall far short for the families missing their loved ones. Will we ever be done with war?
BOSSHOG
(37,099 posts)Lets be done with war for Gods sake. Im an almost atheist but if prayer ends war then so be it.
Best to You My Friend
secondwind
(16,903 posts)bottomofthehill
(8,346 posts)Are paying about $500 dollars in damages to priceless pieces of our nations history
sarchasm
(1,012 posts)I was there on business in the summer and had some time off. Took the Capital tour, walked the mall. I had the exact same feelings as i was walking up to the Capital. A mix of awe at what I was looking at, and disgust for those that would so easily desecrate it.
NBachers
(17,136 posts)Meowmee
(5,164 posts)I have not been there for years We used to go there nearly every year for a conference. And also I went once with my mother and her mom for a mini holiday. I think that was the first time that I visited the White House maybe.
FakeNoose
(32,748 posts)As you say ... too many awful memories of January 6th and the Chump years.
I don't think I want to go back there now. He has ruined it for all of us.
msdogi
(430 posts)This election showed we can recover from the stains and stench, it's just a long process. Serious consequences for the bloated maggot and his acolytes in congress and elsewhere will help a lot
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)It deepened my respect for our nation, our government. I'd love to take my family back to Washington.
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liberal N proud
(60,344 posts)Then the orange menace moved in and we havent been back.
Loved going different times of the year, Memorial Day was a favorite time.
cilla4progress
(24,766 posts)Visited the museums, hung out on the Mall, did some insurrection tourism! We had drinks at the
Willard Hotel.
Great trip - everyone was friendly and civil.
DFW
(54,436 posts)I go back three or four times a year. My dad was a Washington correspondent for 50 years, and introduced us to a LOT of people whose names are now in the history books. When I was a boy, he used to take me with him up to the Senate Press Gallery in the Capitol, and hang out with guys whose names are now on office buildings. At the time, I had no clue of the company I was keeping. At age 9, I never really got why Pierre Salinger never brought JFK along with him when he visited our house. It is said that DC is the biggest small town in the world. Many years later, I got it.
For the record: capital as in our capital city. Capitol as in the building where the Senate and the House of representatives are located.