Capitol randoms

[beaky]

Working in Washington this week... took a little walk today and took some snapshots.

The Smithsonian Castle:

     


Part of the looooong-overdue WWII Memorial:

     



A certain country lawyer of some renown, immortalized in stone:

     


And some regular guys who got mixed up in a reaction to the "Domino Theory", immortalized in bronze.

     


A very fitting memorial, I think (although many disagree)... really makes you think about the people behind the names. I realized today I don't personally know anybody who died in Vietnam, but I did see one young lady on tiptoe, dragging her finger along until she called out "here he is!" to her companions and took a rubbing of the carved name with a pencil and piece of paper.




Next: perhaps a certain new annex to a local air and space museum... may try for that tomorrow, if work doesn't go too late tonight

[BigTruck]

Great shots, hope to get there someday and see the sites firsthand

[Willit Run]

I love Washington D.C.!!  I have a conference I'm going too next year in Washington D.C. and I can't wait!!

The first time I was at the Vietnam War Memorial it was a somber moment for me.  First I had two Uncles the each served three tours there and made it back but, my Brother had a very close friend that practically lived with us and I considered another older brother killed there.  It was a hard time for his family and ours.

Thank you for sharing, Sean

[Mobius]

Great shots Sean, National Mall is extremely impressive, and every American should go there at least once in their lifetime.  Heck, anyone should/could go there once in their lifetime, no matter where you are from.  I wish I had been able to see the WWII memorial back when I was there, but oh well, maybe next time.

You'd better be sure to go to the Air and Space museum.  You can touch a moon rock if you want...

[beaky]

Great shots Sean, National Mall is extremely impressive, and every American should go there at least once in their lifetime.  Heck, anyone should/could go there once in their lifetime, no matter where you are from.  I wish I had been able to see the WWII memorial back when I was there, but oh well, maybe next time.

You'd better be sure to go to the Air and Space museum.  You can touch a moon rock if you want...

Been to the old one... it's the Udvar-Hazy center I'm interested in now. Finished work early tonight, so I may actually wake up in time to go over there.