Additional trains available and no scheduled track work The following press release is from Metro in Washington DC: “Metro will provide extra rail service on Thursday, July 4, for the benefit of those attending holiday festivities on the National Mall and the Washington Nationals day game. More than 500,000 passengers are expected to take Metro […]
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The National Aquarium in Washington DC is Closed as of Sept. 30th, 2013
The National Aquarium in Washington DC closed on September 30, 2013. They have issued the following press release: The Board of Directors of the National Aquarium, Washington, DC, has announced that, due to necessary renovations in the Department of Commerce building, the facility will be closing on September 30, 2013. The General Services Administration (GSA) […]
No Pictures Please
The National Archives announced that filming, photographing, and videotaping by the public will be prohibited in all exhibition areas in the National Archives Building, beginning February 25, 2010. There is concern that the Charters of Freedom (the Declaration, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights) and other original documents on display were at risk from […]