We’ve seen lots of good and not so good things this past week. Starting with the good:
Union Station plaza
The plaza is reopened, with working fountains
Military concerts
The summer season of free military concerts has started.
Pride Month
Pride Month kicked off with a ceremony at the District Building.
Arlington National Cemetery
One of our editors volunteered to take photos for the Indiana Honor Flight (a free trip to D.C. for veterans), with a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington.
City animals continue to delight
Baby chipmunks and a wild turkey in Rock Creek Park:
The corpse flower blooms
The U.S. Botanic Garden has two corpse flowers blooming. As of yesterday, one had opened up and one was a day or two away.
The non-so-good
UFC fight ring at the White House
The Lincoln Memorial pool painted blue
State Fair construction
The State Fair construction has closed off the Mall. The fair will run from June 25-July 10 – free but with limited security entrances. The fair is run by Freedom 250, the partisan organization (events run by America 250 are the non-partisan events).
National Archives
The National Archives is having a festival that started with a fund-raiser last night and continues with two days of free family activities. It appears to be a non-partisan event but we are not sure. It’s amazing to see the effort to build a platform that runs for two blocks taking over Constitution Avenue – such a lot of construction for a three-day event.
