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PRESIDENT’S RESIDENCE raised eaglets in a 5-foot- 672,228 Each month, the president is wide by 6-foot-deep nest. billed for the family’s personal CITY AREA BRAGGING RIGHTS 9 AM In spring or fall, join a White House garden food and expenses—like 61 square miles D.C. has uber bragging rights tour. You might just hear the 70,000 bees at the EASTER toothpaste and shampoo! JACQUELINE AL GORE TARAJI P. HENSON DR. CHARLES DREW RUTH BADER GINSBURG as the home of the president! EGG ROLL JENKINS-NYE b.1948 b.1970 1904-1950 b.1933 White House’s own beehive. A bee’s wings beat Thousands of people 1921–2000 Born in D.C., this This Emmy-nominated This African American The second woman to TALLEST BUILDING some 11,000 times per minute! roll hard-boiled eggs FIRST LADIES’ This math whiz former vice president Empire actor from D.C. surgeon created the be appointed a U.S. National Shrine of the LOCAL LINGO across the White FASHIONS (mother of Bill Nye) was won a Nobel Peace was named one of first blood banks, Supreme Court justice is Immaculate Conception: I’m cised (I’m very excited) 10 AM Study the quotes at the Martin Luther King, a World War II Navy Prize for his work on Time magazine’s 100 saving lives in World a major advocate for the 329 feet House lawn in this The National Museum Jr., Memorial, including, “Darkness cannot drive annual tradition, first of American History’s codebreaker, intercepting climate change. Most Influential People War II and today. fair treatment of women. CAN YOU FIND? and deciphering enemy in the World. out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot held in 1878. exhibit on gowns worn 5 cherry blossoms in the White House messages. drive out hate, only love can do that.” MIRIAM’S KITCHEN looks at the evolving This nonprofit works to end homelessness, role of the country’s 11 AM Join a Gargoyle Tour at the National and provides 87,000 fresh, healthy meals First Ladies. Cathedral and spot the stone carving of Darth every year to those in need. FRIENDSHIP ARCH Vader—a winning design submitted by a kid! WHITE HOUSE KITCHEN This traditional Chinese gate EASTERN GRAY features 272 painted dragons GARDEN SQUIRREL NATIONAL CAPITOL and celebrates the friendship SMITHSONIAN This rodent helps 12 PM Snoop around the tunnels under the Capitol: First Lady Michelle Obama and NATIONAL POSTAL COLUMNS WELCOME TO THE NATION’S CAPITAL local students planted veggies between D.C. and Beijing. plant new trees . you’ll find a cobbler, a cafeteria, and a mini subway! DOWNTOWN MUSEUM These sandstone including “Outredgeous”: a by forgetting where K ST. This is the final resting place Corinthian columns lettuce also grown on the it stored its seeds, of Owney, a once stray were moved from 1 PM Chow down on a U Street fave: a half-smoke. International Space Station! which then sprout! dog that traveled to 48 the U.S. Capitol to an This tasty hot dog is topped with smoky chili, states with postal workers, open meadow in the onions, and herb sauce. MASSACHUSETTS AVE. National Arboretum. guarding the mail. 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HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM soup is served in the Obama, the nation’s 44th president anD first African This science educator, born in D.C., that blooms once every two or three Visitors light candles in honor of the 6 million Senate’s restaurant 3 PM explains comets, thunderstorms, Jews who were murdered by the Nazis during years, and smells of rotting meat! American president, are especially relevant for the Hunt down the Zero Milestone at the north atoms, and more, often using every day—by official edge of the Ellipse, within President’s Park. When the Holocaust. mandate! parodies of pop songs. CONSTITUTION AVE. residents of Washington, D.C. That’s because it’s in D.C. the stone was proposed in 1919, the idea was that that the government makes the legal anD civil rights all U.S. road distances would be measured from it. NATIONAL MALL decisions that effect the greatest changes in the nation. 4 PM Join runners as they jog up and down the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Besides these officials, D.C. is home to countless activists, This national library hosts the Watergate Steps between the Lincoln Memorial THE MARTIN StoryCorps archive, which includes leaders, anD artists of all kinds, whose contributions can and the Potomac River. LUTHER KING CAPITOL HILL some 45,000 recorded be seen in the many museums anD cultural institutions JR. MEMORIAL THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION interviews with Americans 5 PM celebrates this includes 19 museums and 154 million items; CAPITALSAURUS from all walks of life. arounD this 61-square-mile district. Cheer on your favorite racing president at a powerful leader’s 28 million annual visitors enjoy it all—for free! DAY Washington Nationals game. “Let Teddy Win!” message of non- January 28 celebrates The nation’s capital is the only one that is not a city violence, justice, D.C.’s official dino, 6 PM Volunteer to serve dinner at Miriam’s WEST TIDAL BASIN and equality. a single vertebra of or even part of any state. Because of this, residents Kitchen, which helps the homeless. On the menu: POTOMAC View the Japanese cherry which was discovered PARK cornbread, roasted veggies, and apple crisp. ARLINGTON NATIONAL trees while paddling a during sewer work PENNSYLVANIA AVE. here don’t have a representative in Congress. Signs This national park CEMETERY swan boat in this 107-acre, in 1898. protesting this status appear throughout the District. has memorials, 10-foot-deep reservoir. 7 PM Strengthen your arms and legs with the adho ARLINGTON cherry trees, and NAVY YARD Despite this, locals are fiercely prouD of their home, NATIONAL CEMETERY volleyball courts. mukha svanasana (downward dog) pose during Veterans, truckers, and THE YARDS PARK NAVY YARD anD for gooD reason. Incredible monuments, museums, sunset yoga at the Yards Park. other volunteers place Highlights include POTOMIC anD sports teams give everyone a reason to cheer. wreaths on the graves Zumba, concerts, a 8 PM End the day by reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid of service men every RIVER waterfall, picnic spots, 102 December. and an awesome bridge. ANACOSTIA RIVER ANACOSTIA by Jeff Kinney, who grew up in D.C. 103.