Washington DC

For Thanksgiving my family all got together in Baltimore. I ended up going to Washington two days. The first day my brother in law and I were going to go and see all the main memorials and monuments. We ended up going across the potomac towards arlington so we decided to go there first. Arlington is an impressive place but it is sad at the same time knowing that there are over 500,000 people buried there. We went by the JFK grave and flame, the Arlington house, and the tomb of the unknown soldier. The view from the Arlington house ... (more)

Arlington
Arlington was very neat but sad at the same time. Over 500,000 people...

Arlington2
Looking diagonally at the graves. Still straight lines

Side View
This is another side view of the stones. You also can see the trees. I was...

Changing of Guard
A Spectacular Sight. The changing of the guard at the tomb of the unknown...

Changing of Guard 2
This pic shows a little bit of the view. You can see over the whole city from...

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

FDR Waterfall
This is a waterfall at the FDR Memorial

FDR Waterfall at night
This was one of the waterfalls toward the end of the memorial.

Jefferson Memorial
This is a view of the Jefferson Memorial from the FDR Memorial

Jefferson Memorial at night
This is from the same viewpoint in the FDR Memorial

Jefferson Statue Side View
This is a picture of the Statue in the Jefferson Memorial

Vietnam Memorial
This is a picture of the Vietnam Memorial wall but the reflection the...

Lincoln memorial
Front View of the Lincoln Statue

Lincoln Side View

Lincoln Memorial
Night View of Lincoln Memorial from the Washington Monument

Korean Memorial
View of the Wall and the statues at the Korean Memorial

Washington Monument
Taken from the bottom of the Washington Monument. Had to get down on my knees...

Washington monument reflection
Taken from FDR Memorial viewpoint

Washington from Lincoln
View from the Lincoln Memorial looking over the reflecting pool toward the...

Washington Monument
Washington Monument from Pennsylvania avenue in front of the white house. the...

Washington at night
View of the Washington Memorial at night

Capital Side View
View of the capital from the northwest side

Front View Capital Building

Capital Front

Supreme Court Bulding

Elliptical Staircase
My brother saw a postcard of the staircase so I tried to copy it....

White House
View of the back of the White house taken from pennsylvania Avenue. You...

White House
View of the Front of the white house taken from New York Ave I think

article published 11/29/2001

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great job jeff!
jeff,

i enjoyed your pictures of dc. you took some great ones. i hope you can go back to see more one day, i know from being there twice already that you can never touch base with all you would like to see and learn about while there! that's the great thing about history. hope to see you soon! deborah martinez
— deborah, December 11, 2001

Excellent series! Who knows how some of those views may have changed on 9/11/01 if it wasn't for those brave passengers who sacrificed themselves to save others.
— this is a joke, December 2, 2001

Hello Jeff: I have never been there but your photos were very professional taken , more than anything, they show enough for me to almost think I have been there without really been there. Thanks for the special tour :o)
— Estrella Rode Martindale erm@inficad.com, December 2, 2001

WOW
SIR YOU HAVE THE GIFT, WHAT CAN I SAY! THE KOREAN MEMORIAL, TO THE LINCON STATUE, AND THE SHOT OF THE REFELECTION POND WITH THE TOWER ARE ALL WONDERFUL. YOU ALSO HAVE AN EYE FOR CONTENT AND STRUCTURE I AM IMPRESSED, VERY WELL DONE, Ms Bella
— Bella Tatton [Australia], November 30, 2001

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