Sunday, April 10, 2011

DC Monuments

Today, Rebekah attended DC's Blossom Kite Festival on the grounds of the Washington Monument. The weather didn't cooperate very well - no wind! - but she still enjoyed the people watching.

Here is Rebekah checking out the kites that managed to make it off the ground:

Although not quite the size of the Washington Monument, Rebekah lives right next to an interesting part of DC's history - one of the forty boundary stones lined around the perimeter of DC. In fact, Rebekah lives at the very northern tip of the DC/Maryland border. Below is a map with a red arrow that shows Rebekah's location:

The wooden fence in Rebekah's backyard is the border between DC and Maryland. Once the wooden fence reaches the street, there is a worn boundary stone that is surrounded by an ominous metal fence. The boundary stone attracts the odd tourist from time to time. Yesterday, a wreath was anonymously set to commemorate the 220th anniversary of the laying of the boundary stones. Here is a puzzled Rebekah eyeing the wreath:

(Mom searched the Internet and found that the DC chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution laid wreaths at all boundary stones yesterday.)

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