D.C. Day 2 Continued

Here we go again. I'll have to try and find my place from last time so please bear with me.

Let's see now, I think that the last thing I told you all about was Arlington and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. So since I have already described that, let me post a couple pictures of it.

This was a big highlight of our trip for Dad. So we then hurried over to Arlington House. We hurried because we only had about 30 minutes before the last bus back to Lincoln left. On the way I took a couple pictures of Arlington itself. It is a very beautiful and serene place.

Arlington house was pretty neat. All the furnishings were gone because they were working on restoring it. It was a little dissappointing to see an empty house, but at least that meant that we didn't miss much as we hurried through it. Here is a picture of the outside.

There is one picture of the inside that I want you all to see. It is a bare room, but if I remember correctly this is the room where Lee decided to resign from the U.S. Army and leave the Union. So try to take away the restoration tools and picture this room furnished with Lee inside making that monumental decision. That's why I took this picture.

We made it back to the bus, though we still had to half run to get there in time. We decided to wrap up the day by seeing some memorials on the way back to the metro station. The first one, the Korean Memorial, we saw before Arlington but I'm including it here with the rest of the memorials.

The Korean War Memorial.

The Vietnam War Memorial

This is the Vietnam Womens Memorial. Dedicated to the women who fought and served as nurses during the war.

The World War II Memorial.

If I remember correctly, every star stands for 100 men who gave their lives in this war.

All these memorials in close succesion made for many somber moments, but I really enjoyed this. It's good to reflect on the sacrifices made by others to protect our freedoms. Thank God for those who did and those who do now protect our nation.
After all this we made it safely back to the hotel. We were very tired from all the walking, but we all enjoyed the day very much.

Quote: "We sure saw a lot today." Almost all of us.