When we were stationed at Andrews AFB during the mid to late 60's, our parents would take and drop us off at the Mall while they went shopping. At that time there were no actual shopping malls and the Mall to us was everything between the US Capital Building and the Washington Monument.
We had free reign to go anywhere we wanted during the day, as long as we were on the sidewalk in front of the Natural History Museum at the designated pick-up time.
We spent most of our time going through all of the museums. Once in a while we would head to the Capital when the Senate was in session and head up to the gallery. The only thing about sitting above the Senate floor that still sticks out in my head were three particular Senators. Robert and Ted Kennedy and Everett Dirkson. As little kids we didn't understand exactly who they were but we knew at the time that Bobby and Ted were famous people and Everett Dirkson was somebody important.
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