19 REASONS I LOVE WASHINGTON,D.C.

nga & smithsonian castle

*HAPPY BIRTHDAY SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,BORN 8/10/1846 BY U.S.CONGRESS.

I LIKE TO READ MY POEM AGAIN IN YOUR BIRTHDAY:
~19 REASONS I LOVE WASHINTON,D.C.
1.I PUT MY HANDS IN MY POCKETS AND WALK FREE INTO MUSEUMS.
2.I PUT MY HANDS IN MY POCKETS AND WALK FREE INTO MUSEUMS.
3.I PUT MY HANDS IN MY POCKETS AND WALK FREE INTO MUSEUMS.
4.I PUT MY HANDS IN MY POCKETS AND WALK FREE INTO MUSEUMS.
5.i PUT MY HANDS IN MY POCKETS AND WALK FREE INTO MUSEUMS.
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19.I PUT MY HANDS IN MY POCKETS AND WALK FREE INTO MUSEUMS.*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WASHINGTON,D.C.(JULY 16,1790)

ON THIS 17TH ANNIVERSARY OF MOVING FROM MY BELOVED NEW YORK,NEW YORK TO WASHINGTON,D.C.AREA ,I DEDICATE THE POEM : "19 REASONS..." TO REMEMBERANCE OF JAMES SMITHSON.
JAMES SMITHSON,THE FOUNDER OF SMITHSONIAN MUSEUMS WAS BORN IN FRANCE IN 1765 AND LEFT HIS FORTUNE TO BUILD SMITHSONIAN MUSEUMS IN 1846.THIS CASTLE OF ART & CULTURE ,NOW EXPANDED TO 19 MUSEUMS AND 9 CENTERS FOR RESEARCH OR MUSEUMS BY THEIR OWN RIGHT,IN OUR CAPITAL CITY.
JAMES SMITHSON DIED IN ITALY ON JUNE 27,1829 BUT HIS LOVE AND LUST FOR LIFE NEVER DIED.
HE ONCE SAID :
"EVERY MAN IS A VALUABLE MEMBER OF SOCIRTY WHO...PROCURES KNOWLEDGE FOR MEN."
THIS IS HOW WE GATHER IN HIS BIG HOUSE AND ENJOY THAT KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURE HE PROCURED FOR US.
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BY THE WAY,SOON WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY OF NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART(NGA),
WHO WAS BORN MARCH 17,1941

*THE POEM "19 REASONS I LOVE WASHINGTON,D.C." WRITTEN BY
FARAMARZ SOLEIMANI : from MAPPING OF SOLEILAND
SELECTED POEMS 2000-... (UNPUBLISHED )