Tag: Washington DC
Washington Monument 2018
Right in the middle of the monument strips is probably the most recognizable one of all, the Washington Monument. Surrounded by flags and flanked with the World War 2 Memorials (Atlantic and Pacific) it towers above everything else in the area. In fact, the closer we got to the monument the harder it was to take pictures as it was so big. We thought it was really cool when a full rainbow peeked out for us right over the monument and we got several pictures of this. While rain was always a threat, we were very fortunate to miss it as we were indoors when the worst of it hit, fortunately we were able to enjoy the bi-product of the rain (the rainbow) and also the remainder of the wonderful summer day.
Washington DC Lincoln Memorial 2018
This was James’ favorite monument in Washington, so much so we visited it on two different days. James has always liked Abraham Lincoln and he was sure glad to see such a wonderful monument to one of his favorite (if not favorite) Presidents. This monument is the beginning of several great monuments all in a row, simply walking from one to another was alot of fun, but by the end of the day you were worn out because of all the walking you did. Still we determined it was better to walk or take a cab as the traffic was pretty heavy most of the time in Washington DC.
Vacation Car Pictures 2018
Our extended weekend vacation involved much travel as we went through Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York. With this much driving it was natural for us to take a few pictures from the car, some are of the tunnel in PA, others are a scenic lookout in New Jersey, and still others are driving through Delaware and Baltimore, plus a bear at the PA rest area and an old style pay phone also at a PA rest area (James never saw one). One of our favorites was a rainbow over the Tappan Zee Bridge as we crossed into Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown. Pretty much a hodge podge of pics but we had alot of fun taking them.
Folks who are familiar with the television show Sleepy Hollow should know that there were not any sightings of the Headless Horseman on this trip.
Washington DC 1980
Jimmy Carter was the President at the time of this visit. Iran had taken the U.S. Embassy hostage, and a rescue operation had failed. The day after the mission failed, James Dad decided to join the military to see if he could help out. James Grandma thought it might be a nice trip to fly into Washington for a weekend so we ventured off to the capital of the United States for a weekend excursion. The vacation included several bus tours which were nice and informative, but depending on what side of the bus you were sitting on you really could not take it all in. Most of the free time we had was spent at the Smithsonian or visiting the monuments and we found out we did much better on our own than with the tour, although the tour kind of gave us direction to where we wanted to go.
Washington DC War Years 1942
The newly married couple Loretta and Charles took a trip to visit the capitol of the United States, Washington DC. The war was raging and Charles was scheduled to be shipped out to a Pacific destination. The horrors of Pearl Harbor were still fresh in everyone’s mind and the war was already taking its toll on American citizens worrying about their boys coming home from fighting halfway around the world. A visit to Washington DC was a good reminder of what people were fighting about.
Loretta really enjoyed the cherry blossoms that lined the streets of Washington DC and would work to support the cause along with her sister Louise and Cousin Cil (Rosie the Riveter for some of them), all three having their husbands in service to their country (In addition to Charles, Louise husband Harry and Cil’s husband Francis, truly they were the greatest generation).
Charles would spend the rest of the war in the Pacific theater and return home safetly to Loretta (and a Detroit Tiger World Series Victory, just as his son would do nearly 40 years later in 1984 – Tigers must be waiting for the next generation of Kleiber to leave the military because these were the last two World Series that they have won and have not won one since).
