Jonathan Meyer, Author at What To See In Washington DC

Beginning a Year of Mount Vernon

MuseumsJune 30, 2022368Views 0Likes 0Comments

It's been 4 years and 3 months since we last visited Mount Vernon. We last went for free on Presidents Day. The problem with free is that all the other freeloaders like us showing up. It clogs the place up. Full parking lots, long lines, and winter weather stole some of the fun from the…

Observing Memorial Day in DC

Holidays, MemorialsMay 30, 2022402Views 0Likes 0Comments

I hung the American flag on the front porch as soon as I got up this morning. Holidays always start out promising, before restlessness sets in with the kids out of their normal routines. If you feel the same way, download our free printables to give the kids something to do. Visiting Arlington National Cemetery…

The Lincoln Memorial Centennial

MemorialsMay 27, 2022371Views 0Likes 0Comments

Fifty-seven years after President Abraham Lincoln’s death, the nation dedicated a national memorial to him. The Lincoln Memorial joined the Washington Monument on the National Mall in the most prominent space.

Prince Among His Brothers

MemorialsApril 27, 2022397Views 0Likes 0Comments

On April 22, 1979, the National Academy of Sciences dedicated a twelve-foot tall, four-ton statue of Albert Einstein in Washington, DC. They created the statue in recognition of his exalted place among scientists. The sculptor, Robert Berks, produced portraits of over 300 famous people including John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr, and Ernest Hemingway.…

Watergate at the National Portrait Gallery

ExhibitMarch 25, 2022720Views 0Likes 1Comment

This new exhibition "Watergate: Portraiture and Intrigue" reminds us that it's always the cover-up that gets you. A political crime was committed at the Watergate. The President's aides tried to cover it up. It brought down the President of the United States of America. Fifty years later, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery opens this show…

"Discovery and Revelation" exhibition at American History

“Discovery and Revelation” at American History

MuseumsMarch 21, 2022339Views 0Likes 0Comments

Are science and religion at war?

Remembering the Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine

MemorialsFebruary 15, 2022617Views 0Likes 0Comments

Arlington National Cemetery contains thousands of unidentified graves. The most famous of which is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, visited by millions every year. But just behind the tomb and its amphitheater you can find another memorial to obscure soldiers- those of the U.S.S. Maine. On this day in 1898, the battleship exploded off…

A Visit with the Gutenberg Press at Museum of the Bible

MuseumsFebruary 14, 2022449Views 0Likes 2Comments

Inky fingers and a gifted mind changed the world. Not through a financial success, but a spiritual one. A culture changing force.

Three Top Places To Visit for July 4th

EventsJune 30, 2019327Views 0Likes 0Comments

There's no better place to visit on the celebration of our country's birth than Washington DC. There are so many artifacts and exhibits here, how do you decide which to visit? Here are our top three picks for your holiday visit to DC. 1. The Declaration of Independence at the National Archives. This document started…

International Spy Museum Reopens

MuseumsMay 11, 2019590Views 0Likes 0Comments

The International Spy Museum is an all new experience. Its dramatic new building in a new section of town is just the first sign of change. The International Spy Museum With a larger space and new emphasis on science and technologies it is substantially different than the previous iteration that focused almost purely on human intelligence…