Anna Across America - Washington, D.C. (Revisited)

Our tour first visited Washington, D.C. last December (see 12/9/2013) and  we return to capture more photos of the well travelled Anna / Dr Pepper Can in this historic and fascinating place.  An iconic symbol of the city is "The Castle",  the Smithsonian Institute's first building (1847) and now its headquarters.

There are 11 museums bearing the Smithsonian name on the National Mall.   There are a total of 19 Smithsonian museums - 17 in the area around the nation's capital and two in New York City.   The Smithsonian - affectionately dubbed "the nation's attic" with its 137 million artifacts -  has affiliations with 168 other museums.

www.smithsonianmag.com

In Waco, Texas - where America's foremost druggist Charles Alderton concocted the first Dr Pepper - there is the Dr Pepper Museum dedicated to preserving the history of Dr Pepper and the soft drink industry.   The Dr Pepper Museum has been called "the Smithsonian of the Soft Drink Industry."

For more details about the Dr Pepper Museum, click the link below...

http://drpeppermuseum.com/