I was fortunate enough to have two Washingtonians (Shane and Karen) be my guide to finally visit all the memorials! They made sure I saw all the memorials, gave me insights to the history behind each architecture, and the price I had to pay was taking a little quiz in the end (jk).
A cross next to the names indicate those who were MIA.
You can take home a shaded imprint of your loved one.
Viola!
The start of the name count collection...
Can you find the dog tag?
Juicy caterpillar
Vietnam Women's Memorial. Honoring the 8 women who served the war.
Martin Luther King stood here when giving his "I had a dream" speech.
Don't be fooled. The Washington Monument (that pencil) and the Capitol are actually really far from each other. Prepare to walk.
We also ran over to the Korean War Veteran's Memorial. The faces of these soldiers were modeled after veterans from WWII so they look a bit older.
Father Shane and Karen. The most beautiful couple/ washingtonians/ tour guides!
We drove to FDR's memorial...FDR joked that if a memorial were to ever be created for him, he would want it the size of his desk in front of the National Archives, so there is a stone desk placed in front of the National Archives in honor of him.
This was the view from the FDR memorial.
Of course, for a man this great you cannot opt out on a memorial. The FDR Memorial is one of my favorite. It is a guided labyrinth which takes you through different stages of his presidency and honoring his accomplishments... In this statue, you can just see the distress in his face. It's obvious that his fancy cloak was hiding his polio and sufferings.
Water is well incorporated and used in this monument because he had spent time healing and using water as therapy later in life due to his polio.
We made a quick stop to the Jefferson Memorial.
Shane made sure I saw the best part of this memorial and that I don't miss anything. This was not the best part. Be sure to check out the exhibit below this memorial!
People running along the Potomac River.
The most expensive gas. ever. :X.
After convincing the security guard to let us park our car in the front of the Kennedy Opera House, we were able to see the magic inside. There are free shows and live music almost everyday here and... a beautiful view in the back that out looks the Potomac and Georgetown.
Yup, we did all of this in less than 5 hours. :)
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