I know what you mean .
ive never been to Gettysburg, and i was too young when i visited the Statue of Liberty to remember it.. but in DC, i felt that weight in almost every building, and every landmark I visited.. all the Smithsonians, the Vietnam Wall, heck even the FBI building .. maybe that’s why i like DC so much.. well, that and everything’s free .
The one place i did NOT feel the weight of history was the damn Liberty Bell in Philadelphia .. such a letdown.. i felt more history on the Rocky steps than i felt staring at the crack in that bell .