Autos of beauty
For today:
If possible every citizen of the USA should make a trip to Washington
DC. Tours of the White House are
available. Sherry took her sister’s family thru the White house and the US Mint,
once on their visit with us. I missed
both those points of interest. Our family visitors did not get a hotel room;
our families have always made room for visitors to stay. WE talked until wee
hours and then folks found a place to sleep. Couch, chairs or pallets on the
floor we could handle it. LOL
Really the Smithsonian’s alone are worth the trip. We visited them all. We also liked the wax
museum of DC. You can walk thru the
capitol buildings and see the monuments along the National Mall and you need to
climb the Washington monument if you can. The reflection pool is grand itself.
Of course the USMC memorial of the raising the Flag over Iwo Jima bordering
the Arlington Nat’l Cemetery was to me, a must.
The Lincoln Memorial was breath taking every time I saw it. We citizens really do love this country, with
all its warts and problems.
After visiting many countries, this is my home. Therefore no one
place on earth that I have seen, beckons me, COME. No place other than the USA would I be willing
to go and live. Do I like everything about it? Nope, the positives outweigh the
negatives by hundreds of times.
So it you can, squeeze in a tour of our capitol, I guarantee you
will at least ENJOY the museums, no cover charge, get something special for your taxes.
Nite Shipslog
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6 comments:
Washington, DC is grand! I loved our visits there! And so right about the Smithsonians being free! So much history there at no cost!! I know there are lots of school groups who go there for field trips at the end of the school year; another way to get history learned by them!
betty
Our visit to DC was way too short. When we return, all those places must be on our list.
I was but a girl the last time my parents dragged me along to D.C. (*smile*). Not particularly interested then, but I'd certainly enjoy having another opportunity. I was thrilled when G'daughter #1 flew up to Fort Lee to visit Josh and she wanted to see it all.
It's Lincoln's birthday today so I especially enjoyed see his monument. I've never been there at all, so really appreciate all the pictures.
I lived in Maryland and worked in DC for a few years in the 1980s, and have visited several times since then, too. We used to ride the Metro in to the National Mall with the kids to see the Smithsonians (Air & Space was a favorite). For my children, the coolest thing was riding the subway. They said it felt like they were at Disneyland. When we lived in PA, our youngest daughter's 10th grade class took a trip to DC specifically to visit the Holocaust Museum. Life-changing.
I have never been above my state.. I would love to tour the White House!
Catching up
Lisa
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