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  • Mail Fraud and Baseball

    Smithsonian National Postal Museum, DC, June 2026 I’m not a huge sports fan. Typically, Tim has more fun trying to figure out just what I don’t know. I like to spend time learning about things that I find interesting, like mail fraud. In this case, sports and the United State Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) intermix.…

  • US Postal Museum

    Smithsonian National Postal Museum, DC, June 2026 I might have an obsession with mail. I love sending post cards to the point where I have an annual budget for items just for this hobby. I constantly try to find new ways to improve my hobby. Last year, I started stamping the post cards with the…

  • Additional National Mall Stops

    National Mall, DC, June 2026 Walking through the National Mall area, we passed by other points of interest that we did not spend very long at or are not large enough to warrant a post. On the way to the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, we had to pass by the United States Bontanic Garden. Across…

  • National Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II

    National Mall, DC, June 2026 The memorial construction started on November 22, 1999, dedication happened on November 4, 2000, and opened to the public on June 29, 2001. It was constructed to honor the 120,000 Japanese Americans sent to internment camps and the Nisei soldiers that fought for the USA during World War II. Despite…

  • Ulysses S. Grant Memorial

    National Mall, DC, June 2026 The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial is distinct from the General Grant National Memorial. The first one is in Washington, DC, and the second one is in New York. The General Grant National Memorial is the largest mausoleum in North America. The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington, DC is a…

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial

    National Mall, DC, June 2026 The first stop, after the Smithsonian Castle, was the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial. On the way, we had to pass by the National Mall Carousel and through the Mary Livingston Riley Garden. The carousel is not the original one at the mall. The full history of the carousel can be…

  • Smithsonian Castle 250th Anniversary Celebration Exhibit

    National Mall, DC, June 2026 The first blog was about the Smithsonian Castle itself. This blog is focused on the 250th Anniversary Celebration Exhibit. What I found very interesting was that most of the exhibit were originals not reproductions. For example, the declaration of independence was not a replica. Because the items were the real…

  • Smithsonian Castle

    National Mall, DC, June 2026 This was the first time the Smithsonian Castle has been opened when I was in DC. As part of the 250th Anniversary celebration, the castle was opened for this summer only. So, the castle ended up being on both John and my list of things to do. From my understanding,…

  • Additional Memorials

    National Mall, DC, May 2026 This post is dedicated to the other memorials not already in a blog. The John Paul Jones monument commemorates him as a war hero and founder of the navy. His crypt is in the Chapel at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. You can read more about the memorial on…

  • World War 1 Monument

    National Mall, DC, May 2026 I remember more from school about World War II vs. World War I. So I did a little research while writing this post. One of the factors that triggered the start of WWI was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his pregnant wife Sophie. Ferdinand was the…