Gallery, Natural History, and the White House

Our second day of sight-seeing took us to the usual suspects. I was surprised and pleased that the boys enjoyed the National Gallery, even after Jeremy announced, “These people need more clothes on.” The Greeks and Italians loved their bosoms.

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Gallery gazing

It was nice to visit family – President James Monroe is my cousin, eight times removed:

Visiting our cousin

To be clear, we are unrelated to Napoleon Bonaparte:
Napoleon

Two women in a window

Painting

Red draping

Natural History

Yellow flower

Old Smitty

Gotta love the telephoto lens for White House photos: The White House

Speaking of the White House, we were hoping to score a tour this time around but our application was misplaced by the folks who work for Rep. Duncan. Boo on them.

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