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If you're a sucker for monuments, memorials and historic sites, Washington has hundreds -- including, of course, the usual suspects: popular favorites like the White House, Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial. But if you look closely, right near each of these biggies, there's at least one historic spot most people miss. Emily Friedman takes us on a tour to check out several of these small fish in a big sightseeing pond.
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If you're a sucker for monuments, memorials and historic sites, Washington has hundreds -- including, of course, the usual suspects: popular favorites like the White House, Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial. But if you look closely, right near each of these biggies, there's at least one historic spot most people miss. Emily Friedman takes us on a tour to check out several of these small fish in a big sightseeing pond.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE 1
13:15:05
And if you look to the left of the Jefferson Memorial, you see the Washington Monument.
MS. EMILY FRIEDMAN
13:15:10
When touring around D.C., you have to try not to see the Washington Monument. It's the tallest building in the District right in the middle of the National Mall. And when you're busy looking up, there's a lot you miss down below.
MS. CAROLYN CROUCH
13:15:25
We are standing by a comparatively shorter, not an obelisk, but a stone shaft, which is known as the Zero Milestone.
FRIEDMAN
13:15:35
And comparatively shorter, how short is it?
CROUCH
13:15:38
Well, the Washington Monument is 555 feet tall. This little guy must be maybe three and half feet, four feet tall.
FRIEDMAN
13:15:45
Carolyn Crouch is the founder of Washington Walks.
CROUCH
13:15:49
It's a D.C.-based walking tour company.
FRIEDMAN
13:15:51
She's helping me track down three of...
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INTRO:**Would need to be slightly altered for a non-DC audience**
So we've established that D.C. is chock-a-block with cool places to visit. I mean, really, pardon me while I boast, but we have parks, we have green space. We have more museums than you can shake a stick at. And if you're a sucker for monuments, memorials and historic sites, we have hundreds, including, of course, the usual suspects, right? Popular favorites like the White House, the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, but if you look closely right near each of these biggies, there's at least one historical spot most people miss. Emily Friedman takes us on a tour to check out several of these small fish in a big site-seeing pond.
OUTRO:You can find photos and a map of some of D.C.'s most-missed monuments on our website, metroconnection.org And if you have some favorite missed monuments of your own, we want to hear about them.
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