With so many monuments and museums to see (for free!), you could spend your entire trip on the National Mall. Be prepared to walk: the main row of sights, from the Smithsonian museums west to the Lincoln Memorial, is about 2 miles tip to tip.
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- climb the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, staring into Abe’s stony eyes, reading his Gettysburg Address chiseled in the wall and then standing where Martin Luther King Jr gave his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech
- learn about the diverse African American experience and how it has helped shape the nation at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
- marvel at the graceful design and technological innovation apparent in the craft that have transported humans into the sky and space at the National Air and Space Museum
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