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Ford’s Theatre & Petersen House
On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, actor and Confederate sympathizer, assassinated Abraham Lincoln, as president and Mrs Lincoln watched Our American Cousin in the Presidential Box of Ford’s Theatre. The box remains draped with a period flag to this day. The theater is open during the day to visitors (except during rehearsals or matinee performances), but you’ll need to get a (free) ticket with timed entry from the theater box office; you can also reserve a pass from Ticketmaster (202-397-7328; www.ticketmaster.com) – a surcharge may apply. Check out the Lincoln Museum in the basement, which maps out the assassination’s details and displays related artifacts. Aft…
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Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center
The National Air & Space Museum is so awesome they made an attic for it: the Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center. Highlights include the SR-71 Blackbird (the fastest jet in the world), space shuttle Enterprise and the Enola Gay (the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima). Visitors can hang out in the observation tower and watch the planes take off and land at Dulles airport, or catch shows at the on-site Airbus IMAX Theater. As of writing, a new wing called Phase 2, meant to showcase restoration efforts and archival material was under construction. To get out here, you’ll need to either drive (take I-66 West to VA 267 West, then VA 28 South, then follow the signs) or take…
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Arts & Industries Museum
Englishman James Smithson (who never came to the USA) willed $4.1 million to the country to found an 'establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge' in 1826. Unfortunately, his intellectual baby badly needs (and is receiving) some expensive upkeep. It has been suggested the museums start charging for admission, but the powers that be won't hear of it, arguing that fees would fly in the face of the Smithsonian's mission. The museums will stay free if it kills them. And it just might. Currently, the Arts & Industries Museum is closed indefinitely.
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Visitor Center
In 2008 work was finally completed on a visitor center, which showcases the exhaustive background of a building that fairly sweats history. The center also provides free tours of the building - be on the lookout for statues of two famous residents per state, plus some of the most stunning, baroque/neoclassical architecture in the nation. The interior of the building is as daunting as the exterior, if a little cluttered with the busts, statues and personal mementos of generations of Congress members.
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Turkish Ambassador’s Residence
What does one do after making millions and millions of dollars off patenting the grooved bottle cap? If you’re Edward Everett, you move into digs that will one day become the Turkish embassy, and later its ambassador’s residence. The building, which has some Ottoman influences, was designed by George Oakley Totten, who was the official architect of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
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Fort Ward Museum & Historic Site
Fort Ward, northwest of Old Town along Braddock Rd, is the best-restored of the 162 Civil War forts known as the Defenses of Washington. The Northwest Bastion of the fort has been completely restored, and the remaining earthwork walls give a good sense of the defenses’ original appearance. The on-site museum features exhibits on Civil War topics.
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Anderson House
The grand Anderson House is the base of the Society of Cincinnati. This historical society is dedicated to educating the public about the Revolutionary War, and offers free tours of the impressive interior of its headquarters.
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Luxembourg Embassy
Built in the grand court style of Louis XIV for Wisconsin congressman Alexander Stewart, this property was later sold to the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, who lived here in exile during WWII.
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Pakistani Embassy
The 1908 Moran House is now the Pakistani embassy. A masterpiece courtesy of George Totten, the building is decked out with stucco beaux-arts embellishments.
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Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium is a soccer stadium in Annapolis.
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