Washington DC

Arlington Cemetery

December 7th, 2015|Virginia, Washington DC|

Arlington House, or the Robert E. Lee Memorial, is situated in Arlington Cemetery.  Originally, it was the Custis-Lee mansion, owned by George Washington's step-grandson, whose daughter married Robert E. Lee.   For 30 years it [...]

Holocaust Museum in DC

December 7th, 2015|Washington DC|

The Holocaust Museum is intense, horrifying, and imperative to see.  My words can't do it justice. To quote Martin Neimöller, Lutheran Minister and early Nazi supporter who was later imprisoned for opposing Hitler's regime, "First [...]

Ford’s Theater and Lincoln

December 6th, 2015|Washington DC|

President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated five days after the Confederate Army surrendered.  His assassin, John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer, was an actor in the play he was attending.  Lincoln had released his bodyguard until [...]

White House

December 6th, 2015|Washington DC|

Our tour of the White House was a delight, even if it took 1 1/2 hours to make it through all the security screening.  Throughout the White House, there are 62 trees and over 70,000 [...]

Washington Monument in DC

December 5th, 2015|Washington DC|

Plans for the Washington Monument began before Washington was even elected president.  Because he was commander-in-chief of the American Army during the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress voted in 1783 to erect a statue of [...]

WWII Memorial in DC

August 6th, 2009|Washington DC|

This newly opened WWII memorial was a sight to behold (pictured here with the Washington Monument in the background). Thanks to all the vets for your service, I know my grandfather would have been impressed [...]

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