A new day and the Newseum

We had a fine walk down to the Newseum.  It was a little warmer today than it has been and we worked up a bit of a sweat on our walk. The flowers and trees were blooming and we walked right past the capitol. The Newseum is a news themed Museum. It contains a bit if everything from a control room for a major News broadcasting Studio, to a portion of the Berlin Wall, to a display of all the presidents dogs, to a communication satellite, to Ted Kaczynski's shack. We concentrated on the FBI display and the Stone Wall Inn display. Both were in enlightning and insightful. The FBI display got a little heavy as it dealt with some hardcore violence and hatred.  Ironically The Stonewall Inn display also dealt with hardcore violence and hatred. On our way home the cab you told us that the building that houses this museum has already been sold. They are going to have to shut down which is unfortunate because it is so large and expensive we had hoped it to be able to visit again in the future.

Heading out from the Airbnb

We walked right past the Capitol building

Lots of energy

A random giant Blue Rooster

Makes me think of something

An early prototype telecommunications satellite

Part of the Berlin Wall from the West Germany side

The East German side

A headless Stalin statue that had been taken down after the fall of the wall

Part of the FBI exhibit with the car from the Time Square bomber

The FBI exhibit was very wide-ranging and comprehensive

They talked about the creation of the 10 most wanted list and its Evolution Through Time

There was a big interactive display with regard to cybersecurity

Also a big display with regard to Ted Kaczynski and his activities

Artifacts collected from the Twin Towers

Ted kaczynski's actual Shack from Montana

Part of the Stonewall Inn display

Leslie helps explain the progression of gay rights to Cooper a picture

Our hero Harvey Milk

Cooper lending his voice to the cause

The first news helicopter

All the presidents dogs

I'm pretty sure that this is a goat and not a dog

A howling LBJ

A bronze replica of the Tiananmen Square statue