Being a tourist in the DC area means visiting the US capitol is necessary. I had actually never been when I was here last summer, so I was excited to make a stop when we were in DC last weekend. The capitol is at one end of the National Mall, the other end is the Lincoln Memorial with the Washington Monument just slightly west of center. 
We did the complete tourist thing, taking pictures as we walked around the Capitol. Even taking group selfies! We were all smiles in the beautiful sun! Absolutely no shame in being stereotypical tourists in our own country!
As were walking down the stairs to the visitor center we heard yelling from security guards. There was an evacuation at the Capitol! We had no idea what was happening nor did anyone else, other than brisk orders to keep moving away from the Capitol. We found out later that a plane had gotten too close to the protected air space of the Capitol, so as a security measure the capitol was evacuated. Thus in an unexpected plot twist, I never got to go inside the Capitol, so we'll have to go back to take a tour of the inside, not just the outside!
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