Matt and I arrived in Washington DC late last night to celebrate National Police Week!
We found it fitting to start our day with a walk to the National Police Officer's Memorial. It is a beautiful tribute to all of the fallen officers that have sacrificed for the nation's communities.
Across the street from the memorial is the new Law Enforcement Museum. We were very impressed, although I feel like it should have been free to active or retired law enforcement!
It was very interactive, well laid out and represented so many areas in law enforcement.
Then we did more walking down to the mall to visit the Natural History Museum.
So many fascinating exhibits and we could have spent days here!
We met up with other SD County Sheriff's employees for a private tour of The Capitol.
Park Police gave us a tour through the many hallways,
the Rotunda,
the old Senate floor
and out one of the many balconies that over looked the mall. So many interesting stories along the way and a great history lesson!
We stopped for a few slices of pizza at Wiseguy Pizza and a walk through Chinatown on our way back to the hotel.
