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Jefferson Memorial It
faces the Tidal Basin, where you can rent paddleboats, and where
cherry trees blossom in spring. Tidal Basin, south bank, tel.
202/426-6821. Admission free. Open daily 8 AM-midnight. It's
a moving tribute to those who died in this war. Constitution
Gardens, 23rd St. and Constitution Ave. NW, tel. 202/634-1568.
Admission free. Open 24 hrs; staffed 8 AM-midnight. Although
built in modern times, it's soaring medieval Gothic in style.
Wisconsin and Massachusetts Aves. NW, tel. 202/537-6200. Open fall,
winter, and spring, daily 10-4:30; May 1-Labor Day, weekdays 10-9,
weekends 10-4:30. Sun. services at 8, 9, 10, 11, 6:30; evensong at 4
PM. Tours Mon.-Sat. 10-3:15, Sun. 12:30-2:45; suggested donation $2
adults, $1 children. Tour information: tel. 202/537-6207. If
you think about it, it really is rather extraordinary that our
president opens his house most mornings to throngs of visitors who
peer past ropes at his family's dining and living rooms. 1600
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, tel. 202/755-7798, 202/456-7041 (recording),
or 202/619-7222 (Park Service). Admission free. Open Tues.-Sat.
10-noon. White House is occasionally closed without notice for
official functions. Baby strollers are not allowed on tour. Exploring
America's cultural, political, technical, and scientific past, it
shows off a steam locomotive, Muhammad Ali's boxing glove, and Nancy
Reagan's inaugural gown. Madison Ave. between 12th and 14th Sts. NW,
tel. 202/357-2700. Admission free. Open daily 10-5:30; closed Dec.
25. Hands On History and Hands On Science rooms open Tues.-Sat.
noon-3. Extended spring and summer hrs determined annually. In
a clear and often graphic fashion, the museum tells the stories of
the 11 million Jews, Gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses, homosexuals,
political prisoners, and others killed by the Nazis between 1933 and
1945. 100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl. SW (enter from either Raoul
Wallenberg Pl. or 14th St. SW), tel. 202/488-0400. Admission free,
though same-day timed-entry passes necessary (often not available
after 11 AM); tickets also available through TicketMaster, tel.
202/432-7328. Open daily 10-5:30. Closed Yom Kippur and Dec. 25.
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