It looked like a scene out an award-winning film; the Vietnam Memorial is one of the most dramatic locations I have ever been to, and words, let alone this picture, cannot describe it. In the town I live, the population is approximately 26,000; on this wall, the total number of names of those who died tallies to at least 58,000 -- thousands more than double my town's population. I was glad that we visited this memorial twice because it was dusk the first time we did, and it was much too dark to take any sort of photograph. This photograph shows but a mere portion of the immense wall.

This view shows the front of the Lincoln Memorial, the same view as inscribed on the U.S. Penny.

Here is the actual statue of Lincoln. To give you an idea of its size, the height of a 6-foot adult would be comparable to the distance between this statue's shoe to the first third of the shin!

Facing the Lincoln Memorial is the Washington Monument. The Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, and the Capitol Building all are located on the National Mall, in a straight line. If you look closely, you may notice the scaffolding upon the monument.

Now we're at the Jefferson Memorial, located along the Potomac. We could see it when we first visited The Awakening, from across the river. Here is the dome of the exterior.

Within the dome is this statue of Jefferson. I thought it would be effective to make this shot angled and panoramic, ridding it of all of other people snapping pics and making it feel more timeless. The lighting worked well with this picture, too.

Here is a picture of the front of the Capitol Building. If you look in the foreground, you can see Garett in a green shirt taking a picture!

In this picture, you can see the Capitol Building's front side. To the left of the dome is where the House of Representatives meet. You may notice the scaffolding on the far right; it seems much of Washington was under construction during our visit.

Another view of the dome and Statue of Freedom, this time from the rear of the building.

Though the lighting of the students is poor in this photograph, the monstrosity of the Capitol Building's size is portrayed rather well. From left to right: Josh McFall, Garett Thomas, Jessica Quan, Caitlin Pond, Caitlin Gilmore, Karen Izuka, Natalie Glatzel, Trevor Wright.

Chief Justice William Rehnquist reigned at the Supreme Court during our trip, though he has since passed away. The day we visited these steps, it was probably at least 90 degrees!

I desaturated this photo of everyone on the steps almost 50% for an interesting effect. Also, I don't believe we ever actually entered this building, sadly... Kind of like the White House...