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Going postal
We decided to make a quick jaunt south to Washington DC before the school year starts next week. The daughter of our longtime friends (the Fifes) was getting married there so it seemed like the perfect time to have a road trip.
Since we used to live in DC, we wanted to mix in some new-to-us sights. Our first stop was the National Postal Museum. Sam had read about it in the Smithsonian Magazine so we thought we'd check it out.
It's housed in the beautiful old post office headquarters building:
We had it pretty much to ourselves (as with most of the other DC attractions).
Early September travel is lovely.
Maddy was especially a fan since she's a perpetual post service booster and loves getting and sending real, stamp-and-mailbox letters.
LOVE the mailboxes.
Next up, the new Martin Luther King memorial...
Friday, September 2, 2011
Reader Comments (4)
Aaah! That brings back some memories. That old Post Office Headquarters used to be a shopping mall and when I was in high school, our school went to DC for a big national competition and there was a huge dance in that building. We got to dance with kids from all over the country. It was so fun and such an experience for this little Idaho girl. I had almost forgotten all about that! Thanks for bringing it back to me.
So great that you drove to D.C. I love the carved motto on the front of the postal museum. It's what we all should be. Messengers of sympathy and love....enlargers of the common life. Love the Maddy photo with the colorful mailboxes.
Hooray for spontaneous getaways! Can't wait to see more.
Thank you so much for coming, Annie! You guys disappeared so fast I thought it was a dream! Good thing we got pictures :)