Washington DC Vacation - April 12-20, 1997

D&D pose with the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday, April 13

Pose with Melinda under the Washington Monument

Cool & windy sunday afternoon in Washington DC

The plants are blossoming in mid April

Donna takes in the moment with the crowd in silence

Look over the Reflecting Pool from the Lincoln Memorial

D&D check out Abraham Lincoln at his memorial

Korean War Veterans Memorial

Freedom is not free!

Metro to Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, 14th

John & Jacqueline Kennedy's grave with eternal flame

Robert Kennedy's grave below the Custis-Lee Mansion

Donna poses with the tulips outside the Mansion

David inside the mansion also called Arlington House

JFK's grave lines up with the Lincoln Memorial

Mast of the USS Maine Memorial

Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial

Army Sentinel guards the Tomb of the Unknowns.

David has lunch while waiting for the Metro

Here it comes, better finish up your sandwich

David poses in front of the Jefferson Memorial

The Memorial is modeled after the Pantheon of Rome

Jefferson brought circular, colonnaded structures to US

We hold these truths to be self evident . . .

Metro and walk to the National Zoo on Tuesday, 15th

See Giant Panda Hsing-Hsing, Ling Ling died in 1992

A cheetah relaxes in the sun at the National Zoo

David makes a friend in the learning center

Seals swim in their giant pool enclosure

Big fish in the aquarium area of the zoo

Over to the White House to check out touring schedules

See President Clinton with binoculars on the 3rd floor?

Take the White House tour the morning of Wednesday, 16th

Donna gives a big thumbs up for the White House tour

David also wants a photo with the White House

Inside and high up in the Old Post Office Bell Tower

Look southwest toward Washington Monument

Continue clockwise at Ronald Reagan Building

180° turn southeast toward the Capital

Continue clockwise to A&S and Nat History Museums

D&D have a capital idea walking down Pennsylvania Ave

David with the General Grant statue in front of the Capitol

D&D pose with the Capital from Grant's memorial

Donna heads toward the Capitol

Capitol Rotunda features Apotheosis of Washington

David attempts to lie in state under the rotunda

Pass through the Capitol to the Library of Congress

Donna didn't bring her library card!

West Point cadets & Donna at the Supreme Court

Atomic Bomber fuselage at A&S Museum, Thursday, 17th

Relaxing on the roof of Robert's building

Subway lunch before Mall Museums on Friday, 18th

A proper welcome at the Museum of Natural History

My engagement ring is just smaller than Hope Diamond

National Gallery of Art has bonus art there on the left!

See Lincoln's preserved box at Ford's Theater

National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

The largest Roman Catholic church in North America

Impressive mosaic of Christ on the ceiling!

Drive to the National Cathedral on Saturday, 19th

Episcopal Church and 6th-largest Cathedral in the world

The Altar inside the National Cathedral

The Space Window has a moonrock from Apollo 11

View from front tower toward the back tower of Cathedral

Over to Great Falls Park on the Potomac River west of DC

Beautiful park with close proximity to downtown DC

Melinda, Robert and Donna enjoy the scenary

David gets in the pose at Great Falls Park

The Marine Corps Memorial, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.   In honor of Marine Corps who have given their lives to their country since November 10, 1775.
The Flag Raisers: Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, Michael Strank, John Bradley, Rene Gagnon & Harlon Block

The figures are 32 feet tall & the is flagpole 60 feet long.

Uncommon valor was a common virtue

Robert & Melinda make stirfry for our last night in DC