Today we celebrate 100 shows by taking you on the Grand Tour of Washington DC, a walk that takes you near most of the most popular tourist attractions, and most important government buildings. We start our tour from the Capitol South Metro Station. Note that where we have done a podcast on an attraction, our links today will be to our podcast on that subject.

We begin by passing behind the Capitol Building on First Street SE, talking about the Capitol and then turning our attention to the Library of Congress, followed by a walk past the Supreme Court Building. (3:39)

We move on around the Capitol, talk about the Capitol Grounds and especially the Peace Memorial. (11:53)

We reprise O Canada by Alberta women's acapella group Asani , which we played on our podcast on The 2006 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. This version of the Canadian National Anthem is sung in French, English and Cree. (16:00)

We pass and talk about the Canadian Embassy, and the new Newseum which will open on April 11. Julie reads the first amendment off the building, and talks about the buildings that we passed on the way to the Newseum. (18:04)

We play Eternal Father, Strong to Save, the Navy Hymn, sung by the Sea Chanters of the Navy Band. (22:30)

We visit the Navy Memorial, and talk about the National Archives (23:27)

We continue to the Post Office Pavilion, where we also talk about the FBI Building, Freedom Plaza and the area. (27:04)

We play Hail to the Chief, performed by the Marine Band. (32:22)

We visit the White House, and talk about all of the important buildings beside it and around Lafayette Square. (33:00)

We head through the Ellipse to the Washington Monument, and look in all four directions. We talk about the Monuments heading west down the Mall, and the Museums headed East Down the Mall (North Side, South Side), as well as the various buildings and attractions to the north and south of the Memorial. There is a lot of wind here. (36:36)

We play Moon-Shy City, by the DC band Lejune. This comes to us courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network. ()

We finish up at the Tidal Basin where we started Washington Travelcast, talking about the Jefferson Memorial and the FDR Memorial.

We spend a few minutes thanking those who have helped make the first 100 shows possible, especially The Word Nerds, whose "node nerd", Dave, helped us get started.

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Our Opening Theme Music is Garden Walk by Kim Evans, our walking music was from Find Me by H, and our logo design is by Kathleen Hamm at Hamm Multimedia.

We have a short Photo Album today.