{"id":936,"date":"2006-06-26T20:58:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-26T20:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/06\/wow-good-thing-we-went-to-dc-l.html"},"modified":"2006-06-26T20:58:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-26T20:58:00","slug":"wow-good-thing-we-went-to-dc-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/06\/wow-good-thing-we-went-to-dc-l.html","title":{"rendered":"Wow! Good thing we went to DC last week!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rain and lots of it! I am so thankful that we went to DC last week because many of the places we went to are closed and this poor child<\/a> could have been Samantha:<\/p>\n

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“I just wanted to hear about stuff about America that I haven’t heard in my history books,” 10-year-old Loria Hawn, of Laurinsburg, N.C., said with disappointment outside the locked National Museum of American History. <\/span><\/p>\n

The National Archives _ where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution are safe under glass _ was shut down because the moat surrounding the building on Pennsylvania Avenue had flooded, spokeswoman Susan Cooper said. All records and national treasures were “safe and dry,” she said. <\/span><\/p>\n

The archives will remain closed Tuesday, just days before the Fourth of July weekend. <\/span><\/p>\n

Flooding also closed IRS headquarters, the Commerce Department and the Justice Department, but the federal government as a whole remained in business. <\/span><\/p>\n

The National Gallery of Art shut down because of a weather-related steam outage. The gallery uses steam to maintain the proper environment to preserve its priceless collections, a museum spokeswoman said. But the artworks were reported to be in no danger. <\/span><\/p>\n

The National Zoo was closed to cars because of flooding in the parking lot but was open to pedestrians. Then it shut down entirely in the afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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