Lincoln Memorial

First on our self tour of the National Mall was the Lincoln memorial at the west end. Seeing this famous statute (in an almost equally famous building featured on the $5 note) was a real "I really am in DC" moment. When inside the memorial if you turn around you can look down Reflecting Pool at the breath taking Washington Monument. It is place where Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech took place and where Elle sort advice from Abraham Lincoln's statue in Legally Blond 2 (both events equally important, obviously).