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Description of Pictures: Washington Monument Reopening Ceremony to Feature Al Roker and American Idol Winner Candice Glover
WASHINGTON – The National Park Service and the Trust for the National Mall today announced that Al Roker, the TODAY show’s weather anchor and author, will join Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis, and philanthropist David Rubenstein, and National Mall & Memorial Parks Superintendent Bob Vogel at the upcoming celebration of the reopening of the Washington Monument on May 12. Roker will serve as master of ceremonies, and will also be joined by American Idol Season 12 winner Candice Glover, the Old Guard Fife & Drum Corps, the United States Navy Band, and the Boy and Girl Choristers of Washington National Cathedral Choir.
The official reopening event is open to the public and will take place on Monday, May 12 beginning at 10 am on the southwest grounds of the Washington Monument. The 555-foot obelisk honoring America’s first president is reopening to the public for the first time since August 23, 2011, when a 5.8 magnitude earthquake caused significant damage to the structure and forced its closure.
“The construction of the Washington Monument began in 1848 when private citizens raised money to build a memorial to honor our nation’s first president, and now it has been repaired thanks in part to the generosity of another private citizen, David Rubenstein, and the efforts of the Trust for the National Mall,” Secretary Jewell said. “This enduring spirit of public-private partnerships has made it possible for visitors to once again enjoy the Monument and its unmatched view of Washington, D.C.”
“As the National Park Service prepares for its second century of service to the American people, the cooperation with David Rubenstein on the restoration of the Washington Monument shows what great things are possible when we partner with the philanthropic community,” National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis said. “Hi ...More...
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WMONE1_140512_002.JPG: This was the line for tickets up the monument. I didn't think I had a chance but I was there early enough (8am) to get a ticket for reopening day!
WMONE1_140512_010.JPG: Ticket dude!
WMONE1_140512_055.JPG: Robert A. Vogel, Superintendent, National Mall and Memorial Parks
WMONE1_140512_151.JPG: Candice Glover, 2013 American Idol Winner, rehearses
WMONE1_140512_272.JPG: Steve Whitesell
WMONE1_140512_283.JPG: Tara Morrison
WMONE1_140512_309.JPG: David M. Rubinstein, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group
WMONE1_140512_450.JPG: James W. Symington
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James Wadsworth Symington (/ˈsaɪmɪŋtən/; born September 28, 1927) is a United States attorney and politician who served as four-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977, representing Missouri.
Biography
Youth, family, and education
James Wadsworth Symington, son of Stuart (U.S. senator, Missouri) and Evelyn (Wadsworth) Symington, was born on September 28, 1927 in Rochester, New York. He is the great-grandson of James Wolcott Wadsworth (U.S. Congress, New York) and grandson of James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (U.S. Congress, New York).
He attended St. Bernard's School in New York City, St. Louis Country Day School in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1945, he graduated from Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at the age of 17. He served in the Marine Corps as a private first class from 1945 to 1946.
Symington earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1950 where he was a member of the Berzelius secret society (according to the 1950 Yale Banner), and his law degree from Columbia Law School in 1954.
Early legal career and public service
After graduating from law school, Symington served for two years as Assistant City Counselor (1954–1955) for St. Louis. He then went into private practice from 1955 to 1958. Beginning in the 1950s, he occasionally performed as country music and folk singer, appearing on KMOX-AM and KSD-AM. He also frequently sang at his father's 1952 campaign appearances across Missouri. In 1958, he appeared on ABC-TV's Jubilee USA, and also performed with Patti Douglas and Lee Mace's Ozark Opry.
Later in 1958, Symington entered the United States Foreign Service and was posted to London as assistant to John Hay Whitney, the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom. He served in this role until 1960, when he returned to private practice in Washington, D.C..
He served in a series of roles in government from 1961 to 1968: deputy director, Food for Peace (1961–1962); administrative assistant to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (1962–1963); director, President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency (1965–1966); consultant, President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice (1965–1966); and Chief of Protocol of the United States (1966–1968).
Congressional career
In 1968, Symington was elected as a Democrat to the 91st Congress to represent Missouri's 2nd Congressional District. He served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977. While in Congress, served on the House Commerce Committee; and the Committee on Science and Technology, chairing the subcommittees on Space Science and Applications; Science, Research & Technology; and International Cooperation.
In the 1976 election, chose not to seek his seat for a fifth term; rather, he made an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic nomination to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by his father, who retired after serving four terms. He faced Missouri Governor Warren Hearnes and Congressman Jerry Litton in the Democratic primary. Litton won the primary but was killed when his plane crashed en route to the victory party. Hearnes was named the Democratic candidate and ultimately lost to Republican Party candidate John Danforth.
At the end of his Congressional term, Symington returned to the D.C.-based law firm Smathers, Symington & Herlong as a partner.
Post-congressional roles
Symington served as Director of The Atlantic Council from 1986 to 2001 and as Director of the Library of Congress Russian Leadership Program in 2001.
He is currently practicing law with the law firm of Nossaman LLP/O'Connor & Hannan, where he specializes in legislative and administrative representation.
Symington is also a writer. A collection of his poems, songs, and prose, A Muse ’N Washington: Beltway Ballads and Beyond , was published in 1999.
Symington appeared as a commentator in the 1990 Ken Burns film The Civil War.
WMONE1_140512_626.JPG: John Podesta, Special Advisor to President Obama (and White House Chief of Staff for President Bill Clinton)
WMONE1_140512_690.JPG: Al Roker, Co-anchor, the TODAY Show
WMONE2_140512_011.JPG: Checking remnants of the cut ribbon
WMONE2_140512_016.JPG: Vincent Gray
WMONE2_140512_034.JPG: User comment: Vincent Gray
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2014 photos: Equipment this year: I mostly used my Fuji XS-1 camera but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000.
Trips this year:
three Civil War Trust conferences (Winchester, VA, Nashville, TN, and Atlanta, GA),
Michigan to visit mom in the hospice before she died and then a return trip after she died, and
my 9th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including Las Vegas, Reno, Carson City, Sacramento, Oakland, and Los Angeles).
Ego strokes: Paul Dickson used one of my photos as the author photo in his book "Aphorisms: Words Wrought by Writers".
Number of photos taken this year: just over 470,000.