BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Mall -- Constitution Gardens (incl Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence)

DC -- Mall -- Constitution Gardens (incl Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence):

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1. CONSTG_030327_05.JPG: This island is called "The Memorial to the Signers of the Declaration of Independence." It was opened in 1976 as part of the Constitution Gardens, all part of the bicentennial events. It's not a huge tourist attraction although it's located between the Washington Monument and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. In fact, most people probably hadn't heard of it at all until "the tobacco terrorist", a disgruntled tobacco farmer from North Carolina, drove his tobacco truck into the lake here, said he had explosives, and closed down Constitution Avenue and several government buildings around it for two days in March 2003. Given that this was during the Iraq II war and all of the heightened national security in the capital, it was more than a little disconcerting to see that one guy could disrupt the whole city for that long.
2. CONSTG_030327_08.JPG: The tobacco terrorist drove his truck over this foot bridge and went into the lake on the other side. In the background, you can see the Lincoln Memorial.
3. CONSTG_030327_19.JPG: Nope. These aren't cherry blossoms...
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Wikipedia Description: Constitution Gardens
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Constitution Gardens is a park area in Washington, D.C., United States, located within the boundaries of the National Mall. The 50-acre (200,000 m2) park is bounded on the west by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, on the east by 17th St NW, on the north by Constitution Avenue, and on the south by the Reflecting Pool. Coordinates: 38�53?27?N 77�2?40?W Constitution Gardens has a small pond, which contains an island open to pedestrians.

The land that became Constitution Gardens was originally submerged beneath the Potomac River and was dredged at the beginning of the 20th century by the Army Corps of Engineers. The U.S. Navy built the Main Navy and Munitions Buildings as temporary offices on the land during World War I. The buildings were demolished in 1970 due in part to lobbying by President Richard Nixon, who had served in the offices as a navy officer. President Nixon subsequently ordered that a park be established on the land, and in 1976, Constitution Gardens was finally dedicated as a "living legacy American Revolution Bicentennial tribute." It has been a separate park unit in the National Park Service since 1982, administered under the National Capitol Parks-Central (NACC).

In July 1982, the Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence was dedicated on the small island in the lake. On November 13 of the same year, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall was also dedicated within Constitution Gardens. President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the park a "living legacy tribute" to the Constitution on September 17, 1986 in honor of the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, one year after that date.

From March 17 to March 19, 2003, Constitution Gardens was the site of a bizarre standoff between federal police and a disgruntled tobacco farmer, Dwight Watson. Watson had driven his tractor into the center of the lake and claimed he had explosives, prompting the evacuation of the area and holdin ...More...
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2003 photos: Equipment this year: I decided my Epson digital camera wasn't quite enough for what I wanted. Since I already had Compact Flash chips for it, I had to find another camera which used CF chips. That brought me to buy the Fujifilm S602 Zoom in March 2003. A great digital camera, I used it exclusively for an entire year. Trips this year: Three-week trip this year out west, mostly in Utah. Number of photos taken this year: 68,000.
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