Photographs from Washington, D.C.
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Below are some pictures I took in Washington, D.C. in the spring of 2000.
For more information on Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States, visit the city's official website.
Here is another nice site with information on Washington, D.C.
Click on the thumbnail images for full-size versions.
Here are three different views of the U.S. Capitol building. This is where the Senate and the House of Representatives meet.
The center image shows a close up of the Capitol's famed dome (Some scaffolding can be seen because the Capitol was undeergoing some renovation at the time).
The right-hand image shows part of one of the building's two main wings.
This chamber, in the lower level of the U.S. Capitol, is no longer used. It has formerly housed the U.S. Supreme Court (before the Supreme Court had their own building, as it does now) and perhaps the U.S. Senate, too. I'll check this information and post more about it later.
This is a photograph of the ceiling of the domed rotunda inside the U.S. Capitol. The painting on the ceiling is called "The Apotheosis of George Washington". The white area surrounding the painting is actually cloth that has been draped over scaffolding in the dome. The dome was undergoing some renovation at the time of my visit.
These are two views of the front of the National Cathedral. The National Cathedral is non-denominational, open to the public to tour, and worth a visit. Former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson is even buried inside!
These are two views of the Lincoln Memorial. The view on the right is taken from the opposite side of one of the 'reflecting pools' on the National Mall. The National Mall is an open, grassy space that stretches from the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument and to the U.S. Capitol.
This is a side-view of the statue of former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln that is inside the Lincoln Memorial. Have you ever wondered what is behind the statue of Lincoln? As you can see in this picture, the answer is: nothing.
This picture of the Washington Monument was taken from the side of the Lincoln Memorial. You can walk all the way around the Lincoln Memorial.
The image on the left is a picture of the Jefferson Memorial as seen from across the Tidal Basin. The steps in front of the memorial are undergoing renovation in this photograph. You can see some people enjoying using blue, rented pedal-boats on the water.
The picture on the right is the statue of former U.S. president Thomas Jefferson that stands inside the memorial. The memorial is built to resemble the ancient Pantheon in Rome and even has a large 'oculus', or hole, in the center of its dome.
Here is a picture of the beautiful architecture inside the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. This building is located near the U.S. Supreme Court.
Here is a variety of ducks that I stumbled across in the pond that surrounds the monument to the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. The very simple monument and pond are part of Constitution Gardens, located on one side of the National Mall.
This is the U.S. Supreme Court building, located across the street from the U.S. Capitol. The public cafeteria in the basement is supposedly famous for its black bean soup.
On the left is a view looking straight up at the ceiling above the front steps of the U.S. Supreme Court.
The image on the right is a close-up of the main doors of the U.S. Supreme Court building.
Here are three different views of the Washington Monument. You can go inside the Washington Monument and take an elevator to an observation deck near the top. If you get the chance, sign up for a guided tour of the stairwell in the monument, too.
The picture on the left gives an idea of just how tall the monument is compared to other buildings.
The photo on the right was taken from just in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
This is a close-up of workers on scaffolds renovating the Washington Monument.
This is Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington, as seen from a boat in the Potomac River. Mount Vernon is located a short distance south of Washington, D.C. It is open to tourists and you can take boat day-tours from the city to Mount Vernon and back.
This statue of former U.S. president Franklin Roosevelt is part of the relatively-new Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. The FDR Memorial is on the Tidal Basin, near the Jefferson Memorial.
A peaceful protest in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. The protesters were marching to show their displeasure with the government's handling of the Elian Gonzales situation.
Here is the back of the White House, residence of the President of the United States, and its beautiful gardens.
The picture on the right is a close-up of one of the windows on the front of the White House. The picture was taken just after exiting the White House tour.
All photographs © 2000 by Matthew Brockman. All rights reserved.
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