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Washington DC Travel Journal Washington DC Travel Journal Copyright © 2021 Road Trip Stops All rights reserved. ISBN: 9798540250870 Things I Did in Washington DC WASHINGTON DC AREA ATTRACTIONS ☐ Smithsonian Institution Offices ☐ Smithsonian National Postal Museum ☐ National Gallery of Art ☐ Newseum ☐ Smithsonian National Zoological Park ☐ The U.S. Capital Visitor’s Center ☐ Dupont Circle ☐ National Archives Research Center ☐ National Portrait Gallery ☐ Library of Congress ☐ International Spy Museum ☐ National Bonsai & Penjing ☐ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Museum ☐ The Phillips Collection ☐ United States National Arboretum ☐ Dumbarton Oaks Museum ☐ Ford’s Theater & The Peterson House ☐ Museum of the Bible ☐ Smithsonian American Art ☐ Renwick Gallery Museum ☐ Tudor Place Historic House & ☐ National Archives Museum Garden ☐ Hirshhom Museum ☐ Capital One Arena ☐ National Building Museum ☐ The Mansion on O & O Street Museum ☐ Arthur M. Sackler Gallery ☐ Federal Triangle ☐ George Washington’s Mount Vernon ☐ African American Civil War Memorial ☐ Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens ☐ American Veterans Disables for Life Memorial ☐ Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument ☐ District of Columbia War Memorial ☐ Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site ☐ World War I Memorial (Pershing Park) ☐ George Mason Memorial ☐ John Ericsson Memorial ☐ National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial ☐ James Madison Memorial Building ☐ US Navy Memorial ☐ National Museum of Crime & Punishment ☐ Madame Tussauds THINGS TO SEE AT THE NATIONAL MALL ☐ Franklin Delano Roosevelt ☐ National Museum of the American Memorial Indian ☐ Lincoln Memorial ☐ Ulysses S Grant Memorial ☐ Thomas Jefferson Memorial ☐ African Art Museum ☐ World War II Memorial ☐ U.S. Capital ☐ Three Servicemen ☐ The White House ☐ German American Friendship Garden ☐ National Museum of African American History & Culture ☐ National Gallery of Art ☐ US Botanic Garden ☐ Robert A Taft Memorial ☐ Smithsonian Castle ☐ Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain ☐ Korean War Veterans Memorial ☐ Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial ☐ Washington Monument ☐ Vietnam Women’s Memorial ☐ Constitution Gardens ☐ National Museum of American History ☐ National Air & Space Museum ARLINGTON, VA AREA ATTRACTIONS ☐ Arlington National Cemetery ☐ Self-Guided Public Art Tours of Arlington ☐ U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial ☐ Bowen McCauley Dance ☐ National 9/11 Pentagon memorial ☐ Village at Shirlington ☐ The Pentagon ☐ Air Force Memorial ☐ Women in Military Service for America Memorial ☐ Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial ☐ Mount Vernon Trail ☐ DEA Museum and Visitor’s Center ☐ Signature Theatre ☐ Theodore Roosevelt Island ☐ Tours for Humanity ☐ Long Bridge Park ☐ Twilight Tattoo ☐ Synetic Theater ☐ Upton Hill Regional Park ☐ The Netherlands Carillon ☐ The Liberty Tavern ☐ Wakefield Theater Arts OTHER STUFF I DID WHILE IN THE AREA ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ PLAN YOUR TRIP Reservations Required? ☐ Yes ☐ No Reservations Made: ____/____/____ Free Cancellation Policy? ☐ Yes ☐ No Confirmation #: __________________________________ Miles Travelling: _______________ Time Travelling: _______________ Open all year? ☐ Yes ☐ No Pet Friendly? 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