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Get to Holocaust Museum at 10:45. Park 1 block away, 2 hour parking meter. Go back out at 12:45 for 2 more hours. At the Holocaust Museum for almost 4 hours.
Head over to National Gallery of Art. Get there a little after 3. Park right in front of the museum. Stay for 2 hours. Take many photos, flash photos in allowed. . Leave museum at closing time, 5pm.
Head over the hotel, about 5 minutes from the Gallery.
Get up around 7:30am. Check out of hotel, grab a free pastry.
Drive over to Union Station. Park car ($15 for the day). Grab the 9:10 Tour Trolley. Very nice day, close to 70 degrees.
First stop is The Capital. Walk around Capital, take some picture, head over to The Library of Congress.
Walk back to Trolley. Next stop is the Jefferson Memorial.
Next stop is the FDR memorial. Get off and check it out. 8 acre outdoor memorial. Bread Line sculpture. FDR in his wheelchair, and Elenor Roosevelt sculpture. Many students in the the area.
Next Stop, the Lincoln Memorial. Pass by the Vietnam Wall memorial. Go up the steps to the Lincoln Memorial. Then head over the Korean War Vets Memorial. Walk around the Reflective Pool, head over the WWII memorial. Then head over to the Vietnam Wall. Stop at the statue for the Women of the Vietnam War.
Head across Constitution Ave to the Albert Einstein Memorial.
Catch Trolley. Pass the White House. Tour the rest of DC from the Trolley. Go passed the National Achives, pass Woodrow Wilsons house. Head up to the National Cathedral. Go through Georgetown, pass the White House again.
Head back to Union Station (final stop) to get my car.
There is a book describing 100 things to see/do/visit for free in DC. The hotels are usually the highest price but one can opt to be in a suburb and ride the metro in to the district.