Nationals Park (Washington D.C.)

After leaving Richmond, Virginia we drove to Lothian, Maryland, a suburb outside Washington D.C., for a month long stay.  One of the very first things we did was attend a baseball game at Nationals Park, with the urgency being that the San Francisco Giants were in town!  There was no ambiguity over who we were rooting for that night, but unfortunately the Nationals prevailed with a final score of 2-0. Since the Washington Monument and the Capitol building are visible from certain areas of the stadium, we caught a preview of what we would be touring in the weeks ahead.  The team mascot is a bald eagle named Screech, and during the fourth inning of every home game, there is a Presidents Race, where George, Abe, Tom, and Teddy (those greats found on Mt. Rushmore) race along the field.  It's all things patriotic at a game at National's Park.