Saturday, June 06, 2009

Site Seeing for the first time since moving

Today I went out for some site seeing since virtually the entire last week has been nothing but rain! I walked to the metro from the apartment which wasn't terrible and rode to Arlington National Cemetery. I spent a lot more time there than I expected to. It was so powerful to be there. I saw JFK's eternal flame, the tomb of the unknown soldier, and too many white markers to even count. The most moving part of my walk around Arlington was when I saw a uniformed US soldier bend down and touch the grave marker in the section of marker for the fallen from Iraq.


The number of markers was overwhelming.



In the distance is the Air Force Memorial (I think)









This was taken in front of the Arlington House with the Washington Monument and Capitol in the distance.



This is looking from the fountain below the tomb of the unknown soldier.









This was of the Sergeant that introduced the changing of the guard.



This is a video of the changing of the guard. It's not that great a quality since I took it with my still camera.



After the cemetery, I then got back on the metro and headed to The Mall. I wasn't sure what I was going to do when I got there, but I figured I'd just walk around and see what was there to see. I wound up going into the Smithsonian Museum of American History. I didn't spend a ton of time there mainly because I was getting tired of walking around. I spent about 4 hours walking around Arlington, so I was ready to be done with walking. While I was at the Smithsonian, I did see a few things that reminded me of home in Nebraska. Outside they had every state's flag and I also saw a Werner Trucking truck inside.






That's all for now. Till next time...
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3 comments:

  1. Pattie S.June 7, 2009 at 4:29 PM

    I can imagine that Arlington Cemetary was very touching. Many men and women have paid the ultimate price for our freedom - we should never take it for granted.

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  2. UnknownJune 7, 2009 at 6:38 PM

    Thanks for keeping you blog going, Joe. It's fun to track your experiences. Thanks, too, for your perspective on Arlington Cemetary. It's hard to get a perspective on the sacrifices that so many individuals, and so many families have made for the freedoms we enjoy today. After seeing at Mt. Vernon how men had to sacrifice to form this country, and then seeing at Arlington how people have had to sacrifice to preserve our freedom, you're gaining a tremendous apprciation for what this country has gone through.

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  3. CaitlinJune 18, 2009 at 11:02 AM

    I'm totally blog-stalking you now, btw.

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