{"id":123,"date":"2014-08-29T22:00:29","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T22:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=123"},"modified":"2024-10-01T10:50:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T09:50:08","slug":"white-house-washington-monument-star-spangled-banner-spy-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=123","title":{"rendered":"Washington DC: Day 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>3 Minute, 28 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">White House, Washington Monument, <br>Star-Spangled Banner &amp; Spy Museum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Day Two in DC and plenty to see. \u00a0First, we headed down to the White House \u2026 only to be stopped in our tracks by Secret Service guys from proceeding any further. \u00a0We had to stop\u00a0(in the shade) and just wait. Eventually five 4\u00d74\u2019s headed into the White House grounds \u2013 one with the trunk window open and weapons visible. \u00a0No President though in this cavalcade!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-visual-portfolio\">\n<div class=\"vp-portfolio vp-uid-90a832ec vp-id-1l2hAX\"\n\tdata-vp-layout=\"masonry\" data-vp-content-source=\"images\" data-vp-items-style=\"default\" data-vp-items-click-action=\"url\" data-vp-items-gap=\"15\" data-vp-items-gap-vertical=\"\" data-vp-pagination=\"load-more\" data-vp-next-page-url=\"\" data-vp-masonry-columns=\"3\" >\n\t<div class=\"vp-portfolio__preloader-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"vp-portfolio__preloader\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/visual-portfolio\/assets\/images\/logo-dark.svg\" alt=\"Visual Portfolio, Posts &amp; Image Gallery for WordPress\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" data-skip-lazy>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"vp-portfolio__items-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\n<div 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src=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-01A.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-11937 vp-lazyload\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iNTkxIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjM5NCIgdmlld0JveD0iMCAwIDU5MSAzOTQiIGZpbGw9Im5vbmUiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyI+PC9zdmc+\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-01A.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-01A.jpg 591w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-01A-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-01A-500x333.jpg 500w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" loading=\"eager\">\n\t\t<div class=\"vp-portfolio__item-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/a>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div\t\tclass=\"vp-portfolio__item-wrap vp-portfolio__item-uid-7898a51a\" data-vp-filter=\"\" \t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"vp-portfolio__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div 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srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iNTkxIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjQ0MyIgdmlld0JveD0iMCAwIDU5MSA0NDMiIGZpbGw9Im5vbmUiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyI+PC9zdmc+\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-04C.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-04C.jpg 591w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-04C-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-04C-500x375.jpg 500w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" loading=\"eager\">\n\t\t<div class=\"vp-portfolio__item-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/a>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We were then allowed passed and headed onto E Street to get a view of the White House from the other side. &nbsp;No sooner than we arrived, more Secret Service guys were telling everyone to move&nbsp;back to the markers as the President would be arriving on Marine One. &nbsp;Guess the plans changed as no sign of Marine One and we were all allowed closer in to take photos.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-visual-portfolio\">\n<div class=\"vp-portfolio vp-uid-0295292a vp-id-Z1n7jAI\"\n\tdata-vp-layout=\"masonry\" data-vp-content-source=\"images\" data-vp-items-style=\"default\" data-vp-items-click-action=\"url\" data-vp-items-gap=\"15\" data-vp-items-gap-vertical=\"\" data-vp-pagination=\"load-more\" data-vp-next-page-url=\"\" data-vp-masonry-columns=\"3\" >\n\t<div class=\"vp-portfolio__preloader-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"vp-portfolio__preloader\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/visual-portfolio\/assets\/images\/logo-dark.svg\" alt=\"Visual Portfolio, Posts &amp; Image Gallery for WordPress\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" data-skip-lazy>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"vp-portfolio__items-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"vp-portfolio__items 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class=\"vp-portfolio__item-img\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\thref=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-06D.jpg\"\n\t\taria-label=\"2014 Aug 29-06D\" \t>\n\t\n\t\t<noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"443\" data-skip-lazy src=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-06D.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-11940\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-06D.jpg 591w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-06D-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-06D-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-06D.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-11940 vp-lazyload\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iNTkxIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjQ0MyIgdmlld0JveD0iMCAwIDU5MSA0NDMiIGZpbGw9Im5vbmUiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyI+PC9zdmc+\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-06D.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-06D.jpg 591w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-06D-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-06D-500x375.jpg 500w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" loading=\"eager\">\n\t\t<div class=\"vp-portfolio__item-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/a>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>From the White House we walked over to the Washington Monument \u2013 a large stone column at the opposite end of The Mall to the US Capitol. &nbsp;It\u2019s surrounded by flags \u2013 we didn\u2019t count them, but assumed there were 50. &nbsp;We didn\u2019t have tickets to go to the top, but there were only two small windows on each side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-40H.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-40H.jpg 591w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-40H-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-40H-500x667.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"887\" src=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-33G.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-33G.jpg 591w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-33G-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-33G-500x750.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"887\" src=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-45I.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-45I.jpg 591w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-45I-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-45I-500x750.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sept 2014 marks the 200th Anniversary of the Star Spangled Banner &#8211; the flag that inspired the US National Anthem.  The original is in display at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.edu\/newsdesk\/releases\/smithsonian-celebrates-star-spangled-banner-bicentennial-0\">Smithsonian Museum of American History<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0The flag was first flown after the US won the Battle at Baltimore against the British and the words for the Star Spangled Banner were penned after seeing the flag being flown. \u00a0No photos of the original flag were permitted.  They had preserved the flag the best they could &#8211; segments had been cut out of the flag in the past to be kept as souvenirs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time, we understood what the words for the anthem mean and just why they are so\u00a0important to Americans. \u00a0Lyrics were inspired after seeing the huge Star Spangled Flag flown above Fort Henry following the bombardment and defeat of the British Royal Navy in Baltimore Harbour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-44J.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-44J.jpg 591w, 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it\u2019s inaugural battle in 1797! &nbsp;It\u2019s a the US equivalent of the Mary Rose as it lay in the silt for 160 years before being raised and it\u2019s in remarkable condition. &nbsp;A replica has been built and is currently sailing in Baltimore.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-50L.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-50L.jpg 591w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-50L-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014-Aug-29-50L-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>From the museum we went in search of lunch. \u00a0En route, we passed the FBI Buildings as well as the Ford Theatre and the house opposite where 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