Happy New Year’s everyone!
I hope 2011 is filled with great things for you and your loved ones.
On our way back from Virginia yesterday, we took an impromptu trip back to Washington D.C. to visit the Arlington National Cemetery. We went to Washington D.C. this past summer as well, but because it started raining we couldn’t do/see everything we had planned to do/see. Even now, we still haven’t done everything but one of the places I’ve ALWAYS wanted to go to was the Arlington National Cemetery.
Here are a few of the pictures we took:
The eternal flame at JFK’s grave site. It’s located between JFK and Jackie Kennedy. |
View of the Washington Monument |
Not sure if you can make it out, but this is the grave site for Edward Kennedy |
The Tomb of the Unknowns |
I remember the day this happened I was at the Liberty Science Center with my family. |
View of Washington D.C. |
I was surprised (and amused) that they sell this at the gift shop there. |
I would have never guessed that the nation’s capital wouldn’t do fireworks for New Years! I guess the no traffic along the way (when we left after 11 PM) and the fact that we found parking relatively easily should have been a hint, but there were so many other people waiting there expecting the fireworks too… very odd.
P.S. Don’t forget to leave me a comment below on your thoughts! As always, I’d love to hear from you.
[…] I’ve seen most of the tourist spots between my ten day stay in Baltimore/Washington D.C. through LeadAmerica’s Law and Trial Advocacy Program back in 2005. What I hadn’t seen then and really wanted to see was the Arlington National Cemetery [mostly for the eternal flame at JFK's grave site], but I did get to experience that a few years back with my parents and brother. […]