Gettysburg & Philly are a ways. I’d trade that for Mount Vernon if looking

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Jun 17, 2022
9:40:31pm

Soupie Grandma Sycamore

to leave the city for historical sites without that distance.
Or do Williamsburg for similar drive time.

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Next summer going to DC. What are some must see/do things besides what I have:

byujacob

6/17/22 9:32pm

Spy Museum, Annapolis, Baltimore’s inner harbor (not far from Camden Yards)

d-coug

6/17/22 9:38pm

Gettysburg & Philly are a ways. I’d trade that for Mount Vernon if looking

Soupie

6/17/22 9:40pm

Mount Vernon is great!

TrackCoug

6/17/22 11:32pm

Take the water taxi to Mount Vernon out of old town Alexandria.

Cheap Seats

6/18/22 12:14am

Spy Museum is really good, did that this week.

byujag

6/17/22 9:42pm

a lot still closed for tours due to Covid- Supreme Ct, Capitol, FBI, etc. White House is doing tours but get tix early

byujag

6/17/22 9:45pm

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CapitalCougar

6/17/22 10:20pm

Gettysburg, Mt Vernon, US Capitol, Archives, Fords Theatre, Arlington

TADOW

6/17/22 9:52pm

The better air and space museum is the one out by Dulles. They have an SR-71 Blackbird. The coolest plane ever.

RalphWiggam

6/17/22 9:53pm

They also have one of the space shuttles. We've taken our kids to the one at

BerkeleyCoug

6/18/22 5:43am

Go and walk around Old Town Alexandria - very cool.

Pollster

6/17/22 9:52pm

Ford Theater is interesting

Bonoman

6/17/22 9:53pm

We went a few weeks ago and it really surprised us. We only budgeted an hour

BerkeleyCoug

6/18/22 5:47am

Seen several plays there too which is a great evening activity after other stuff closes.

Soupie

6/18/22 6:57am

Spend a day or two on the Delmarva peninsula/Chesapeake bay. Get some crabs

VACougMD

6/17/22 9:53pm

Mount Vernon and Monticello are both incredible.

gaffer

6/17/22 9:55pm

Udvar-Hazy Air & Space Museum in Chantilly, VA for sure!

CapitalCougar

6/17/22 10:22pm

This is a great stop. Blackbird, space shuttle, Enola Gay. Really really cool.

Cheap Seats

6/18/22 12:17am

Quite possibly the best of the Smithsonians. Truly amazing.

goodcleanfun

6/18/22 5:01am

You definitely need to go here! This is a favorite

justAnotherCoug

6/18/22 8:02am

the Air and Space on the Mall is closed until fall, so the annex is your only option

byujag

6/18/22 8:47am

Some of those are really broad. "Smithsonian"--you could spend all ten days in just one of the Smithsonian museums and

Smack'sWife

6/17/22 10:30pm

For Baltimore, we visited last month and really enjoyed it.

BerkeleyCoug

6/18/22 6:01am

Get a burger & shake at Good Stuff Eatery, eat at Kabob Palace, pizza at

4slyce

6/17/22 11:18pm

Lao Gai Musuem - History of China’s concentration camps.

valleus

6/17/22 11:32pm

Do a Segway tour. That was a fun way to get around and to see various sights.

timpjynx

6/17/22 11:35pm

So much to see and do in this thread. My family's favorite is to walk around

BerkeleyCoug

6/18/22 5:52am

Good suggestions here

OrangeCougar

6/18/22 6:49am

Maybe not for everyone the “National Potrait Gallery” they have all the

germ1

6/18/22 8:16am

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