Company Run

Fashonista and I took a run together. We got some culture: I showed her some of the museums and monuments on the Mall.

"Look. Here's another museum." "Oh, and to your right is another."

I didn't know all of the names. Except the one that looks like it should be awesome because it's shaped like a castle but isn't really because it's mainly just Smithsonian offices.

We saw a sculpture, though. I pointed one out in the Sculpture Garden.

Do you know the difference between a memorial and a monument?

Nope: it's not whether there is a statue or not.

No....It's not where it's located.....

Given up guessing?

The grounds around the memorial are also "hallowed", whereas they are not on a monument. So, for example, you can run and bike around the bottom of the Washington Monument (when it's not closed for repairs, like right now) but you cannot run or bike in the World War II Memorial.

Betcha didn't know that!

We ran down and around - the outside! - of the WWII memorial. A very short day. About 4 and a quarter.