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Tunnicliffs, 222 7^th Street, SE, phone 202/544-5680.

You’ll pick up your tickets for a free tour of the Capitol at the ticket kiosk on southwest corner of the Capitol grounds, near the intersection of 1st Street and Independence Avenue SW. Tickets are free. Tours begin at 9:30 and leave every half hour until 3:30. Tour tickets are given out beginning at 9am, but the line often starts much earlier than that (as early as 7:30 am during the Cherry Blossom Festival). Security is tight, so be sure to go to www.aoc.gov/ to find out what you can and can’t bring with you on the tour.

To find out the address of your Representative, go to www.house.gov/. Visitors who are not citizens should go to the Senate or House appointments desk, located on the first floor of the Capitol. There you’ll be asked to show your passport before being presented with a gallery pass, so be sure to bring it along. There’s no admission charge.

The Supreme Court of the United States, One 1st St. NE between E. Capitol St. and Maryland Ave. NE, phone 202/479-3000; www.supremecourtus.gov/. Admission is free and the Court is open to visitors Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

National Air and Space Museum is on Independence Ave. SW, between 4th and 7th sts., on the south side of the Mall, with entrances on Jefferson Dr. or Independence Ave, phone 202/357-2700; www.nasm.si.edu/. Open daily from 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., admission is free.

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Though you can visit the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial any time, Rangers are only on duty from 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m., daily. It’s located on West Basin Drive, alongside the Tidal Basin in West Potomac Park, across Independence Avenue SW from the Mall. Admission is free, go to www.nps.gov/frde for more information.

Korean War Veterans Memorial is also free to view and has Rangers on duty from Korean War Veterans Memorial 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. daily. It’s located southeast of the Lincoln Memorial, on the Independence Avenue SW side of the Mall. Go to www.nps.gov/kowa to learn more.

The Lincoln Memorial also has a Ranger on duty daily from 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. It’s located on the western end of the Mall, at 23^rd St. NW, between Constitution and Independence aves. Its web address is www.nps.gov/linc.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial has the same hours as the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the FDR Memorial and Lincoln Memorial (see above) and is located northeast of the Lincoln Memorial, east of Henry Bacon Dr. between 21st and 22nd sts. NW, on the Constitution Avenue NW side of the Mall. Its web address is www.nps.gov/vive.

Keeping the same hours as the other memorials, the National World War II Memorial is located at 17^th Street and Consitution Ave NW, www.wwiimemorial.com/.

The Washington Monument is open daily from 9 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.. The last elevators depart 15 min. before closing. It’s located directly south of the White House, on 15th St., between Madison Dr. and Constitution Ave. NW, phone 202/426-6841; www.nps.gov/wash. Free admission.

To get to Arlington National Cemetery, take the Metro to the Arlington National Cemetery stop. It’s open from 8am to 7pm from April through September, closing at 5pm the rest of the year. There is no entrance fee, but visitors are asked to behave in a respectful manner as there may be funerals taking place when you visit.

CityZen, 1330 Maryland Ave. SW at 12^th Street, phone 202/787-6868; www.cityzen.com/. Closed Sundays.

Wooly Mammoth Theater Company, 641 D Street NW, phone 202/393-3939; www.woolymammoth.net

Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW, phone 202/488-3300; www.arena-stage.org/

Studio Theatre, 1501 15^th St. NW, phone 202/332-3300; www.studiotheatre.org/.

Fly Lounge, 1802 Jefferson Place NW, phone 202/828-4433

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