Took these back when the weather was a little nicer. The columns were removed from the Capitol in 1958 as part of a remodel, but weren’t placed at the National Arboretum until the 1980s. The National Arboretum web site has more information.

This is the view of the Cathedral from the hotel window, at night and during the day:

The hotel window was pretty dirty, but I can’t really tell, I guess there’s just a little extra haze.