A Pictorial Farewell to 2017 (photos)
By • December 28, 2017 0 1943
The holiday season is a special time in the nation’s capital. View Jeff Malet’s photos from the end of the year by clicking on the photo icons below.
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- Pearl Harbor Wreath Laying ceremony at the Navy Memorial on Dec. 7 (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Hundreds turn out on Nov. 25 to light the CitiCenterDC Tree. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Taylor Henderson of the Cardinal Shehan School Choir from Baltimore entertains at CityCenterDC on Nov. 25. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Ashton Ackert (6 months) of Alexandria Va. celebrates his first Christmas at CityCenterDC on Nov 25. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Palmer Alley at CityCenterDC on Nov. 25 (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree is delivered in on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, on Monday, November 27, 2017 in Washington D.C. Larry Spiekermeier drove the truck carrying the 2017 tree for two weeks, starting from Kootenai National Forest in northwestern Montana. making 20 stops along the way. Spiekermeier lives in Plains, Montana, with his wife, Mary Ann, who rode along for 900 miles. He works for Whitewood Transport. He has 1.6 million accident-free miles. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
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- This year’s Christmas show at the U.S. Botanic Garden features recreations of D.C. landmarks made entirely from plant materials. Added this year a plant based replica of the Museum of African American History and Culture. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Members of the U.S. Air Force Airmen of Note perform Christmas Carols inside the Smithsonian Museum of American History on Dec. 3. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Children assemble dreidels at the Smithsonian Museum of American History on Dec. 3. A dreidel is a four-sided spinning top, played with during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
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- A supermoon is observed behind the Statue of Freedom atop the United States Capitol dome in Washington D.C. Skywatchers were treated to the only supermoon (scientific name: perigee syzygy) in 2017 on Sunday, December 3. A supermoon is a new or full moon closely coinciding with perigee – the moon’s closest point to Earth in its monthly orbit. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
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- A Christian baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple got a hearing at the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 5. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Members of the Service Employee’s International Union who stormed the Capitol steps demanding action by lawmakers to pass bipartisan legislation that would provide protection for the “Dreamers,” who fall under the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals program on Dec. 6 (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree was lit by the Speaker of the House, Paul D. Ryan (R-Wisc.), with the assistance of 11-year-old Ridley Brandmayr of Bozeman, Montana, on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 during a ceremony on the U.S. Capitol West Front Lawn in Washington D.C. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- United States Army Chorus sings carols in the U.S. National Gallery of Art rotunda on Dec. 10. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Beryl Yan (left) and Mendel Kreitenberg are dressed as Maccabee soldiers at the 2017 National Hanukkah Menorah lighting ceremony on the Ellipse. Hanukkah celebrates the Jewish Maccabees’ military victory over Greek-Syrian oppression more than 2,000 years ago. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- White House chief economic adviser Gary Cohn helped light the Hanukkah candles atop the 30-foot-high National Menorah. He was joined by Rabbi Levi Shemtov and his father, Rabbi Abraham Shemtov, both of American Friends of Lubavitch on a chilly and windy Dec 12. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Winter Kosz of Arlington Va. enjoys potato latkes and jelly doughnuts (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The Thomas Circle Singers perform Christmas Carols at the Willard Hotel on Dec. 12 (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The lobby of the Willard Hotel is decorated for the holidays on Dec. 12.
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- Thousands gathered at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Dec. 16 to lay holiday wreaths over each of the more than 240,000 graves. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Thousands gathered at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Dec. 16 to lay holiday wreaths over each of the more than 240,000 graves. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Thousands gathered at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on Dec. 16 to lay holiday wreaths over each of the more than 240,000 graves. Photo by Jeff Malet.
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- National United Methodist Church Singers and Ringers perform inside the National Gallery of Art Rotunda on Dec 17. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Santa takes a selfie with Captain Kenneth Collins at the U.S. Navy Band Holiday Concert at DAR Constitution Hall on Dec. 17. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The U.S. Navy Sea Chanters perform at their Holiday Concert at DAR Constitution Hall on Dec. 17. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- National Christmas Tree at President’s Park near the White House (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Groups perform nightly at the National Christmas Tree stage (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The Heritage Signature Chorale performs in the lobby of the WIllard Hotel on Dec. 12. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The Capitol Christmas Tree remains lit every evening from Dec. 6 to Jan. 1 (photo by Jeff Malet)
