If you drive in DC you need to be aware of all the traffic cameras which include speed, red light and even stop sign cameras. Fines start at around 150 bucks and go up from there and the speed cameras are everywhere so be careful with your right foot. Best to drive the posted speed limit once you enter the district. Other than that there are lots of great museums and eateries throughout DC. Another option, and probably the best, is to park your car outside of DC and hop on the metro to your destination inside DC.

I have lived and worked around Washington, D.C. all of my life. I do not disagree with any of the previous posts. Since this is a gun forum, I presume you are interested in guns. A trip to the NRA building and gun museum is very interesting.

Good advice in the previous threads. I would get thee to the mall (Metro is great, Uber/Lyft otherwise). Wear comfortable shoes. Carry and consume H20, even in March. The monuments you have heard about your entire life are there. Expect emotions. I can't visit the Wall without choking up. I missed that party by a year but knew/know too many good men a bit older than me that went, not all came back. The Smithsonian is amazing but each museum takes some time. Washington is a swamp but it's our swamp, the history is humbling.

I get the feeling you’re at least a little like me so when/if you go to the war memorials or Arlington be prepared to get choked up.

I was born in DC, and my father worked there (in the old Navy Annex Building which was where the Viet Nam Wall is now). We would travel into DC from our Maryland home, and when we crossed the DC line my father would always say "Lock the doors, we are in DC."

I would get a hotel room in Rosslyn, Arlington. It is near the Metro, get off at the Smithsonian.

Visit the Iwo Jima Marine Corps Memorial, next to Arlington Cemetery. It has wonderful views of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and Capital, all in a row.

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Originally posted by Leemur:
I get the feeling you’re at least a little like me so when/if you go to the war memorials or Arlington be prepared to get choked up.

Amen. It's not unmanly to even weep a little there.

flashguy