GDG- Completely OT

[Bob Huddleston]

The Pension Building *is* one of the great buildings in DC.

Check http://away.com/primedia/arts_arch/pension_building.html 

One point of interest in the quartermaster wagon on the repeating frieze:
the driver is obviously African-American. Meigs took some heat for that but
insisted on a black teamster, "must be a negro, a plantation slave, freed by
war" 

See also Wikipedia, s.v., "National Building Museum."

Take care,

Bob

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---Mark Twain, 1907


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Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


The National Building Museum is one of DC's hidden gems.  If you want to get
away from the crowds on the mall, this is a great place to enjoy without
throngs of folks.  I have done this while in DC on the 4th of July, when the
mall area is a mass of people.  They once had a barn raising in the center
hall.

Paula
 
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