Friday, May 27, 2011

Washington DC

The Executive Mansion - The White House




The Capitol Building where Congress meets

Congressman Putnam who is our representative from Bartow, Florida

The House of Representatives Chamber of Congress

Inside the Capitol building



Inside the First Senate Chamber of 1787

Capitol Dome mural painting with George Washington center

The walls and ceilings



Representative Building


Senate Building

Wasington Monument

National Archives is where our most important documents are housed

American's most sacred documents

Declaration of Independence

Constitution, 1st page

Constitution, last page with signatures

Jefferson Memorial

Another side of the Jefferson Memorial

Inside the Jefferson Memorial

Lincoln Memorial

Abraham Lincoln

Ford's Theatre where the Lincolns attended the play, My American Cousin

The balcony box where Lincoln was assasinated

Lincoln was moved to this house afterwards, where he lingered unconscious for many hours before dying

The actual bed that he died in

Arlington Cemetery, the nations cemetery for veterans of all of America's wars. The home of Robert E Lee is in the background. Robert is descended from the original Lee's who were many of our Founding Fathers and of First Families of Virginia. He married a descendent of Martha Washington. The Federal government confiscated his land during the Civil War and began burials of Union soldiers here.



The graves of John F. Kennedy and the Eternal Flame. Lee home on the hill


The unending rows and rows and rows of veterans.


Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.




































































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