(56K) Washington D.C.

[XCELR8]

My mom and dad came down from Michigan for a visit so we decided to check out the Mariners Museum on Saturday and Washington D.C. on Sunday. I've been through D.C. numerous times, but I had never stopped and seen the sights until now. I can say that I'm completely humbled by what I saw. We had an awesome time.

A First Order Fresnel lens from some light house:

The anchor recovered from the wreck of the U.S.S. Monitor:

A replica of the C.S.S. Virginia (Merrimac):

Plans for the U.S.S. Monitor:

This is a look inside a replica of the Monitor's turret. The real turret is soaking in water and undergoing electrolysis to neutralize the salt in the steel. The process is expected to take until the year 2020 to complete. In the mean time, they made this replica of what it looked like. Upon recovering the turret from the Monitor, they never expected to uncover human remains. This particular soul, hasn't been identified, however his wedding band was still attached to the his skeleton ring finger:

A cup and saucer from the R.M.S. Titanic:

 

[XCELR8]

At one time, this was General Robert E. Lee’s house:

The eternal flame at President Kennedy’s tomb:

I thought this quote was awesome:

This is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. This meant the most to me out of everything at Arlington Cemetary:

 

[XCELR8]

This is the headstone to the pilot of American Airlines flight 77, the aircraft that crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11. I found it eerie that he died one day before his birthday via the worst attack on American soil.

The Air Force Monument:

This headstone, was among many others, that were unknown:

Washington Monument:

Lincoln Memorial:

 

[XCELR8]

Opps

David Jacobs was my Dad’s mother’s sister’s son.

 

[03whipedsnake]

nice shots

 

[speedofsound]

fantastic pictures! practically in my backyard ...I can see the AF Memorial from my grandmother's apartment building. When they were building it, some guy was scaling each leg to install a light at the top ...NUTS

 

[MikeW]

:lol: opps

I say good Shot!


Nice pics man :beer:

 

[JD03Cobra]

Awesome! Never been but I really need to.

 

[tristateZ28Lt1]

Awesome pics! My hometown baby! Definitely gonna save some of these shots :coolman:

 

[NoSlowGT]

Very nice pics. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Bri03GT]

God Bless America.

 

[F8LBITEva]

keeping the DC theme....BOOOOOOYAH!!!

 

[FranticFocus05]

Living right here I think I take it for granted and never really go.. after seeing your pictures I think this weekend I will go take a nie long walk around town.

 

[Biggieman]

awesome pics - some gave me the goosebumps (and not the one of the girlie

thanks for sharing

 

[03ShadowCobra]

I love DC definitely a great time seeing the sights. I spend a lot of time working in the area and try to at least give myself 1 or 2 days to sight see every time I am there. Also George Town is a great place to go drinking and has some awesome bars and night life.

 

[The Joker]

there should be a memorial for that ass...

 

[tristateZ28Lt1]

there should be a memorial for that ass...

Hahaha no doubt!

 

[Daniel]

nice shots

 

[XCELR8]

Thanks everyone!

there should be a memorial for that ass...

haha, no doubt. I just happened to have the 75-300mm lens on while she was walking by too.