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Looking up at the Monument from the Floral Library. I think I saw someone else take a very similar shot recently, but can't find it again.
Sunday morning blue hour peak bloom cherry blossoms - before the rain & wind! Unfortunately, I understand that many blooms are now down because of the rain and wind we had on Monday.
Love this view of the Washington Monument when the blooms look great. I've taken this composition a few times in past years. This is the clearest reflection of the monument I've managed.
Explored: April 4, 2025
NBC's #RingsAcrossAmerica is a large set of Olympic rings that they are transporting across America (25 states, 8,000 miles) in advance of the Olympics. Here, they are on the National Mall.
The sunrises and sunsets for the past month or so have been very beautiful. Waking up early to see the painting in the sky is worth it.
1783年12月23日
乔治·华盛顿将军在这一天交出委任状，把他在八年前由第二届大陆会议授予他的总司令之职，交还给当时象征着人民权力的大陆会议。
交还的仪式是由他的同乡，弗吉尼亚人托玛斯·杰弗逊设计的。在杰弗逊的想象里，这个仪式是这样举行的：华盛顿将军走进“国会大厦”（当时的大陆会议厅），他获得一个在全体议员对面的座位。然后由议长作出介绍，华盛顿站起来，以鞠躬礼向议员们表示尊敬，而议员不必鞠躬，只需手触帽檐还礼即可。最后，华盛顿以简短讲话“交权”，议长也以简短讲话表示接受。
整个仪式是不折不扣地依照杰弗逊的设计完成的。
华盛顿的最后讲话十分简约。他说：“现在，我已经完成了赋予我的使命，我将退出这个伟大的舞台，并且向庄严的国会告别。在它的命令之下，我奋战已久。我谨在此交出委任并辞去我所有的公职。”议长则答道：“你在这块新的土地上捍卫了自由的理念，为受伤害和被压迫的人们树立了典范。你将带着同胞们的祝福退出这个伟大的舞台。但是，你的道德力量并没有随着你的军职一齐消失，它将激励子孙后代”。
据史书记载，整个仪式十分简短，前后只有几分钟。
The Washington monument in Washington, DC, USA. You can clearly see the point where construction was interrupted in the 19th century and then later resumed with slightly different colored marble blocks.
Fireworks by the Washington Monument, as viewed from the north side of the Capitol. The bright light at the top is from the light for the Capitol concert, and a flag is also visible at the top. The circles are from water drops on my lens from the rain.
The Washington Monument is the tallest structure in Washington DC. The 555-foot tall obelisk took almost 40 years to complete.