Fireworks light the skies over the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol Building.

One-year-old Rider Murphy raises his hand like his dad, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) (left) as he participated in a reenacted swearing-in with his wife Catherine Murphy, and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. The ceremonial event took place in the Old Senate Chamber inside the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington D.C. on January 3, 2013. The official swearing-in ceremony happened earlier in the Senate chambers on the opening day of the 113th Congress. The 39-year-old Murphy will be the youngest member of the Senate. (Photo by Jeff Malet).

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) (left) and sons Henry (b. 2008) and Theodore (b. 2003) participate in a reenacted swearing-in with Vice President Joe Biden. In photo, Henry seems to be trying to get Mom's attention. The ceremonial event took place in the Old Senate Chamber inside the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington D.C. on January 3, 2013. The official swearing-in ceremony happened earlier in the Senate chambers on the opening day of the 113th Congress. (Photo by Jeff Malet).

‘Le Sacre du Printemps’ by Bowen McCauley Dance at the Kennedy Center on Apr 6. In photo Iris Andersen and Alvaro Palau

Apr 7

One Million Bones Exhibit on National Mall to Raise Awareness of Genocide - June 9, 2013

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill on January 23, 2013 about security failures during attacks against the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, that led to the death of four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens. (Photo by Jeff Malet maletphoto.com)

President Barack Obama and congressional leaders unveiled a full-length statue of civil rights icon Rosa Parks in the Capitol on Feb 27.

50th Anniversary March on Washington (Aug 24, 2013)

Alexander Lacy

Survivor Henry Flescher (89) shows off his tattoo. During the Holocaust, concentration camp prisoners received tattoos only at one location, the Auschwitz concentration camp complex. He was born in Vienna Austria and initially escaped to France where he was eventually interred in Drancy deportation camp, a place where Jews, Gypsies, and others were held before being shipped to the German concentration camps. On the matter of the Vichy French, Henry simply says "Petain gave me to Eichmann".

Samuel Bradin (83) shows me his tatoo. During the Holocaust, concentration camp prisoners received tatoos only at one location, the Auschwitz concentration camp complex. Bradin lives in Rockland County, NY, a survivor of Aushwitz where he was as a thirteen year old, the only member of his immediate family to survive the camp. He was liberated from Bergen Belsen on Jan 17, 1945 and came to the US in 1949. {He wrote "God Bless America" on my note pad.]

Washington Ballet rehearsal - The Sun Also Rises May 2, 2013

Washington Ballet rehearsal - The Sun Also Rises May 2, 2013

Bert and Ernie On Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 the National Museum of American History received a donation of more than 20 Jim Henson puppets and props from the Henson family. Donations included Miss Piggy and the Swedish Chef from The Muppet Show, Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street and Boober Fraggle and Travelling Matt from Fraggle Rock. The gift was made on what would have been Henson’s 77th birthday and shortly after his wife, Jane Henson, died in April. Miss Piggy will go on display in March 2014 in the Smithsonian’s “American Stories” exhibit next to storied artifacts such as Dorothy’s ruby slippers and Muhammad Ali’s boxing gloves. The original Kermit and Cookie Monster will go on view in November in a special display case. Fans of the Muppets will be able to see some of these latest additions to the collection in December in a new exhibition on puppetry.

Darrell Issa, Elijah Cummings

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) (left) blasted Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) (right) for a full scale media campaign designed to smear the Obama Administration, during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in which Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans died. Issa chaired the hearing which took place on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on May 8, 2013. Witnesses included a former U.S. diplomat in Libya who said more could have been done be to help the American victims of the attack.(Photo by Jeff Malet)

Pat Robertson and Donald Trump chat during dinner

The Rumah Gadang Group performed at the Fiesta Asia Street Fair on Pennsylvania Ave. on May 18.

2013 National Police Week

Brooklynn Mayhle lights a candle in memory of her father, slain Pittsburgh Police Officer Stephen Mayhle, during the National Police Week 25th Annual Candlelight Vigil, at the National Police Memorial in Washington D.C. on May 13, 2013. (Photograph lit only by the light of the candle.)

Rolling Thunder veteran Gerald McCullar demonstrates as a POW trapped in a Tiger Cage to express his solidarity with his comrades who never returned from Southeast Asia. Riding from Arlington toward the Lincoln Memorial. Rolling Thunder, Sunday May 26, 2013

The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps performs on July 4