April 11, 2015

Baseball Day
Camden Yards

Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum
216 Emory Street
Baltimore, MD

Babe Ruth Birthplace

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Oriole Park
Camden Yards

Entrance to the ballpark

View from my seat

Final Score: Orioles 7, Blue Jays 1

Great way to end my vacation; home tomorrow.

April 10, 2015

Rode #14 Bus from Baltimore to Annapolis

and obtained walking map at Visitor Center

 View of Church Circle

 Maryland State House
Capitol of the United States
November 24, 1783 - August 13, 1784

Maryland State House
Oldest State Capitol still in continuous legislative use 
and only State House ever to have served as the Nations Capitol

Old Senate Chamber

"It was here that General George Washington, on December 23, 1783, came before Congress to resign his commission as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in an emotional ceremony."

"Later, on January 14, 1784, the Treaty of Paris was ratified in this same room, officially ending the Revolutionary War."

Painting of George Washington
General George Washington Resigning His Commission to Congress As Commander in Chief of the Army at Annapolis, Maryland, December 23d, 1783, John Trumbull, oil on canvas, Commissioned 1817, 

 United States Naval Academy

U.S. Naval Academy

U.S. Naval Academy

April 9, 2015

Baltimore, MD

U.S.S. Constellation

Inner Harbor View

 Chesapeake Light Ship, Maritime Museum, Baltimore Aquarium

The Flag House

Home of Mary Pickersgill and site where she sewed the 

Star-Spangled Banner

Original flag is on display at Smithsonian National American History Museum 

Washington, DC

 Fort McHenry
Site where Francis Scott Key composed the National Anthem.

Fort McHenry

 Edgar Allan Poe Grave Site

 Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Home of Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Interior View Concert Hall
(photo from archive)

Concert April 9, 2015
Marin Alsop, Conductor
Dmitri Shostakovich - Festive Overture, opus 96
Kevin Puts - Flute Concerto
Adam Walker, Flute
Piotr Illyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony #5 in E minor, opus 64

April 8, 2015

Travel Day 
Union Station, Washington, DC to Penn Station, Baltimore, MD

 Union Station
Washington, DC

Union Station

Washington, DC

Penn Station

Baltimore

Arrived in Baltimore early, so went to Camden Yards to buy my ticket for the Orioles game on Saturday.

Camden Yards

Home of Baltimore Orioles

Babe Ruth Statue

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Lord Baltimore Hotel

est. 1928

My Hotel Room

Logo on the blanket

Bathroom

Sabrina Baron

Lord Baltimore/Dreaming of Jackson Pollack, 2013

Acrylic on linen 

Unique paintings commissioned by

The Lord Baltimore Hotel

Location: Guestrooms

April 7, 2015

Walk from White House to U.S. Capitol and U.S. Supreme Court along Constitution Avenue

Spring Blossoms

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
EAST GALLARY

Rotunda

Adoration of the Magi

 Fra Angelica

Ginevra de Benci

Leonardo da Vinci

Death and the Miser

Hieronymus Bosch

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United States Capitol Building

United States Supreme Court Building

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EVENING CONCERT AT FORD'S THEATER

Ford's Theater

511 10th Street NW

Freedom's Song Program

Ford's Theater
(photo from archives)

View from my seat

Orchestra Left; Row D, Seat 5

(Draped area in upper right is where Lincoln was shot)

Amazing performance with strong cast of singers and wonderful ensemble.


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House where Lincoln Died
Across street from Ford's Theater

April 6, 2015

Walk along Pennsylvania Avenue to U.S. Capitol

National Archives

National Archives

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National Gallery of Art 

Sculpture Garden

Sculpture Garden

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje VanBruggen

American, 1942 - 2009

Typewriter Eraser 1998-1999

Painted stainless steel and fiberglass

Sculpture Garden

Roxy Paine

American, born 1966

Graft,  2008-2009

stainless steel and concrete

Sculpture Garden

Barry Flanagan

British, born 1941

Tinker on the Rock, 1997

cast bronze

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

EAST BUILDING

National Gallery of Art 

Atrium Ground Level

National Gallery of Art

Alexander Caulder
Mobile

Alexander Caulder

Mobile

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United States Capitol Building

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Washington Nationals

Opening Day

Fans entering ballpark 2 hours before game

Opening Ceremonies with National Anthem

View from my seat
Final Score: Mets 3, Nats 1
Bartolo Colon (WP)
Max Scherzer (LP)

All-Star Game in 2018 will be at Nationals Park