The Mall
In early October 2021, white flags blanketed Washington Monument lawn. Each of them represented one of those who died during the COVID-19 pandemic. As of today, more than one million Americans were died from COVID-19. We are the lucky ones survived.
The United States Capitol is the meeting place of the United States Congress, the legislature of the federal government of the United States. Located in Washington, D.C., it sits atop Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall. Though not in the geographic center of the District of Columbia, the Capitol is the origin by which the quadrants of the District are divided. Officially, both the east and west sides of the Capitol are referred to as "fronts." Historically, however, only the east front of the building was intended for the arrival of visitors and dignitaries.
美国国会的办公大楼，建在一处海拔为83英尺的高地上，故名国会山。
美国人把国会大厦看做是民有、民治、民享政权的最高象征。美国参、众两院构成的国会就在这里举行会议，通常被视为华盛顿的象征。1793年华盛顿亲自为大厦奠基，南北战争爆发后，有人提议停建该大厦，林肯总统却坚持要将高280英尺的大圆顶造好。
整幢国会大厦是一座三层的平顶建筑，其中央是一座高高耸立的圆顶，也分三层。圆顶上还有一个小圆塔，塔顶直立着自由女神铜像。她头顶羽冠，右手持剑，左手扶盾，永远眺望东方太阳升起的地方。
First Light Warms the Museum of the American Indian Washington, District of Columbia Accessed via the National Mall Date taken: November 30, 2013 ...
Morning sunrise lighted up the Smithsonian Castle
A Sea of Clouds Roll Silently Above the Washington Monument Washington, District of Columbia Accessed via Independence Avenue Public Parking Lot Date...
Wide-angle view of the Smithsonian Castle along the National Mall in Washington DC.
Stairway at the National Gallery's East building atrium in Washington DC.
Needles sculpture at the Smithsonian Hirshhorn art museum in Washington DC, minus the cables that hold the cylinders in place
The west front of the United States Capitol.
Stairs at the East Building, Atrium, of the National Gallery, Washington DC
Inside the courtyard of the Hirshhorn museum, part of the Smithsonian in Washington DC
Part of the ceiling in the old Smithsonian "castle" on the mall in Washington DC.
Thanks to all Phoide contributors to The Mall!
Most notably PZ Sunrays, Jakub Slováček and Yi Jiang.