Hi Everyone, here are some images from this year’s President’s Day Weekend here in Washington D.C. Talk about a great place to commemorate our nation’s presidents. On top of location, we were graced with a blanket of white to help reflect on the suffering and peace of those who went before.
I won’t belabor the post with a lot of text, but wanted to share with you my images from President’s Day 2016.
We start off our tour with a view from the Washington Monument of the Lincoln Monument.
Then, head over to the Jefferson Monument.
The current Obama Monument, complete with security on the roof.
The Legislative Monument.
And now a few images to the monument to Air and Space and Man’s Technological Endeavors to explore and fight.
Still one of my favorite aircraft. Straight from the Smithsonian’s Air and Space museum information page, this particular airframe “on its last flight, March 6, 1990, Lt. Col. Ed Yielding and Lt. Col. Joseph Vida set a speed record by flying from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., in 1 hour, 4 minutes, and 20 seconds, averaging 3,418 kilometers (2,124 miles) per hour. At the flight’s conclusion, they landed at Washington-Dulles International Airport and turned the airplane over to the Smithsonian.” Still impressive.
Out to the National Mall after another snowstorm in DC. These next three monuments are some of my favorites in the world. This particular one is to commemorate the sacrifices of women in the Vietnam War.
The snow and water makes his suffering palpable.
A tribute to the survivors of the Vietnam War and their regard for those who didn’t return home.
Back to the Korean War, which takes on particular meaning with the snow and for my family. I still see in their faces, all the emotions of a wartime experience.
South Korean-American relations are still going well here.
Reflections of the past with the present.
Over to the stoic 16th president of the United States.
Finally, I finished the weekend back with the 3rd President, whose ideas still resonate with our country today, over 2 centuries later.
It was a great weekend and wonderful to see all the tributes to the Chief Executives of our great nation.
Until the next adventure…
–Jim