National Menorah by Helen Betts

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24-Dec-2019

National Menorah

The National Menorah is a large Hanukkah menorah located in the northeast quadrant of The Ellipse near the White House. It was first lit in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter and has been erected and lit every year since. The menorah has grown in size as well and is now 30 feet high.

I tried to get a picture of the menorah, Christmas tree and White House together, but the menorah had a lit-up chain link fence surrounding it that simply didn’t work well in a photograph.

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

Cuteness personified, posted earlier:

Nikon Z 7 ,Nikkor Z 24-70 f2.8 S
1/100s f/8.0 at 70.0mm iso6400 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

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pkocinski		27-Dec-2019 12:50
Nicely done.

Kevin Warren		26-Dec-2019 21:53
Fine shot of the Menorah, Helen and it;'s interesting history. I remember President Carter visiting my hometown when I was 14 years old. That was 1977, my goodness how time passes.