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<\/a>Travel, to the nation\u2019s capital is a monumental experience.\u00a0 It is very impressive, to say the least. \u00a0This was our children\u2019s first visit. \u00a0It mirrored a pilgrimage I made to the capital with my family as a child. \u00a0Both times, we saw so much. \u00a0The nation\u2019s rich history and power are amply displayed and unequivocally palpable in this vital core of the American Nation\u2019s judiciary and administrative branches. \u00a0It is awe inspiring, the wealth, and might, expressed in thunderous scale in buildings designed to remind visitors just how venerable the nation is and\u00a0will always be<\/em>\u2026 \u00a0Timeless beauty assaults the eye with its unwavering reminder that Justice, and Order are the goal of all our political systems. The LAW and its righteous advocates, seem to reach out and demand correct behavior, moral rectitude from the insignificant masses, among which we scampered.<\/p>\nToday, we share with you the highlights of the\u00a0utmost pleasure that is visiting\u00a0The Smithsonian<\/a>\u00a0Gallery of Art and the\u00a0National Portrait Gallery<\/a>, there we had the privilege of viewing the newly unveiled “The Four Justices,<\/a>\u201d by artist\u00a0Nelson Shanks<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0The children admired the painting spending time taking in the implications that it is only recently that women have attained the degree of respect required in posts of significant power.<\/p>\n Nov 12, 2013, 7:01 AM<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dearest Talkinggrid Readers, Travel, to the nation\u2019s capital is a monumental experience.\u00a0 It is very impressive, to say the least. \u00a0This was our children\u2019s first visit. \u00a0It mirrored a pilgrimage I made to the capital with my family as a child. \u00a0Both times, we saw so much. \u00a0The nation\u2019s rich history and power are amply […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-museum-visits","category-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/talkinggrid.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/SAAM_exterior_nighshot.jpg?fit=1000%2C574&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/talkinggrid.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/talkinggrid.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/talkinggrid.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talkinggrid.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talkinggrid.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=947"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/talkinggrid.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":958,"href":"https:\/\/talkinggrid.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947\/revisions\/958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talkinggrid.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/talkinggrid.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talkinggrid.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talkinggrid.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\nThe idealized portrait of George Washington got the children\u2019s full attention.<\/h6>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAfterward the children had a moment of deep chat, consultation, and meditation with the portrait of Abraham Lincoln.<\/h6>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nMachines and quirky inventions of another age also were found to be extremely intriguing.<\/h6>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nI got a kick out of\u00a0Chuck Close\u2019s painting of former President Bill Clinton<\/a>.<\/h6>\n
<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\nYet, for me of the political portraits, Alice Neel\u2019s intimate and intense, fierce portraits of Civil Rights activists which worked to make needed changes during her lifetime were especially touching.<\/h6>\n