Day 3 Washington DC
The Newseum and the National Portrait Gallery and American Art
The plan was to spend a couple of hours at the Newseum before heading to the National Portrait Gallery. We ended up staying there for 6 hours! It was a great mix of education, homage, experiences and it made me laugh, cry, and feel really good about human beings. The stories about journalists, the photographs and the stories they did on the bravest of us moved me to tears.
I never felt the importance of the First Amendment until i visited the Newseum.
The First Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Remnants of the Berlin War
From the World Trade Center
The Newseum had a great section on the Civil Rights Movement and the lunch counter in Greensboro where 4 young men staged a protest was particularly moving.
AFterwards, we went to the National Portrait Gallery and the National Museum for American Art (same building). The the famed portrait of Obama by Shepherd Fairey is on display. It is more impressive in person - it is quite large and more complex.
The plan was to spend a couple of hours at the Newseum before heading to the National Portrait Gallery. We ended up staying there for 6 hours! It was a great mix of education, homage, experiences and it made me laugh, cry, and feel really good about human beings. The stories about journalists, the photographs and the stories they did on the bravest of us moved me to tears.
I never felt the importance of the First Amendment until i visited the Newseum.
The First Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Remnants of the Berlin War
From the World Trade Center
The Newseum had a great section on the Civil Rights Movement and the lunch counter in Greensboro where 4 young men staged a protest was particularly moving.AFterwards, we went to the National Portrait Gallery and the National Museum for American Art (same building). The the famed portrait of Obama by Shepherd Fairey is on display. It is more impressive in person - it is quite large and more complex.
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