Sean Ramos from out here on the National Mall about halfway between the World War II and Lincoln Memorials
which is to say I am standing next to our reflecting pool and I'd like to take a moment
just sit right there talk about how it isn't just nominally a reflecting pool I've lived here for about a decade
and just about any time you come out here you'll see people
in a state of quiet contemplation I think that's because You know, it's a quiet place.
It's open.
It's free.
It's free for you in the winter to try and test your luck skating the reflecting pool in your sneakers.
Or in the summer, I've seen people take a little dip in, sometimes intentionally, sometimes unintentionally.
As you know, as of late, it's felt a lot less free out here at the reflecting pool.
And we're going to get into it on Today Explained from Vox.
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