Washington DC - Part 4 (wordless)

Washington DC - Part 3

Our next stop was a Memorial that we did not really know that we would come across, the FDR Memorial. This Memorial was full of fountains! If we had stayed at this monument too long I would have had to take a nap! The fountains were so soothing.

FDR was known for his fireside chats and there was a statue that embodied this.All of the statues that we came across were just so life like, they could just up and walk away from where they were.

We were almost to our last monument! The Jefferson Memorial. I did not get any really good shots of this monument. But this is the one that I liked the most, I took it from the side of the Tidal pool just out side of the FDR Memorial. When we arrived at this monument it was the middle of the afternoon and it was also full of people. We were in DC at the peak of Cherry Blossoms, so it was just beautiful, I don't blame anyone for wanting to be there at this time of year.

This was one trip that I would love to do again with just a little more time, and maybe with the kids. The next post will be wordless....my favorite pics....FLOWERS!

Washington DC - Part 2

You always see the picture of the Washington Monument reflecting in the Pool that lies between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument....here is mine! I also got a picture of the reflection of the Lincoln Memorial in pool too!

I thought this was pretty cool too. It was take off to the side but still neat. We walked up to the monument and the stairs are all marble, and some were even loose! It is amazing to think that I was walking up the steps to a place where the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.had once spoken, along with the many people that were there to listen to him. I wish that we had not missed the re-enactment of his speech.

Inside the monument is the ever famous statue of the President and on the walls are portions of his speeches. Here is Tate with the President. By the time that we had made it to this stop on our walk it was very busy and difficult to find a good spot to take a picture, every one was trying to do the same thing!

From here we began to walk towards the tidal basin. But before we got there we came across the Korean War monument. The walls on this monument are engraved with pictures that are difficult to see unless you are at the right angle.



Also at this monument are statues of Soldiers that are walking through the field. They are very realistic and you think that they may just walk out of their positions.

Wow, there is so much I want to share that this is going to make it into a 4 part blog!