Monuments and Memorials

This post is all about all of the monuments and memorials we saw!

First, we went to the Lincoln Memorial.

Can you see us? :)

There were inscriptions of two of his famous speeches: The Gettysburg Address, and his second inaugural address.

We also saw the Washington Monument.

Have you ever seen this thing? It is GIGANTIC! I couldn’t believe my eyes when we got close to it.

There we are at the bottom of it!

I like this one :)

Another cool thing we saw was the World War II memorial. It was really cool and well done! I think it’s pretty new.

There was a tower for each state.

There were also a bunch of famous quotes about the war.

It really was a beautiful memorial!

We also saw the Vietnam Memorial.

Later, we saw the memorial for Thomas Jefferson.

Another cool memorial was the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial.

Puppy :)

It had all sorts of fountains and waterfalls like this.

There was a part for his wife, too.

One of the things I was most excited to see was The Archives.

…but it was closed for a private event! :(

“Study the past.” I’d love to, but the past was closed.

The last place we saw was Theodore Roosevelt Island. Yep, he’s got his own island. :)

Up next: Ford’s Theatre—my favorite part! :)