I saw your screename and looked up your homepage.
My screename comes from Valley of the Sun (ASU alum and yes I remember Coach Kush well).
I was very blessed to grow up in MD just outside Wash. DC and all our school field trips were to the Smithsonian, etc.
I have fond memories of spending July 4, 1976 in DC for Bicentennial festivities with my family and still have a huge flag that flew over the Capitol on that day. I wish so much I could have been there today.