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My Trip to Arlington

Posted Thursday, September 8, 2011, at 8:20 PM

 

I went back to D.C. to have a beer in the rose garden with Obama, but he didn't have any that could be served from the right.  So I went to the Arlington national cemetery instead, where the conversation would be a little more lively!

Washington D.C. Trip 120          Washington D.C. Trip 122

Ira Hayes' grave                           Overview down the east slope

Washington D.C. Trip 123       

Looking out from the west

   Washington D.C. Trip 117   

Joe Louis, Heavyweight Champion 1937-1949

Washington D.C. Trip 118

     Other side of grave

                                   Washington D.C. Trip 119

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lee Marvin, USMC

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  • Any veterans cemetery is a place to be revered. Thanks for the pictures.

    -- Posted by royincaldwell on Thu, Sep 8, 2011, at 8:31 PM

  • Brings back memories of when I lived in the area :)

    Makes me want to hunt up my old pictures of what I had taken way back in the 60's. I got some pictures of resurrection city taken as I walked through it.

    Thanks for the memories as Bob hope used to sing

    -- Posted by MsMarylin on Thu, Sep 8, 2011, at 10:21 PM

  • Great Blog!

    -- Posted by KH Gal on Thu, Sep 8, 2011, at 10:59 PM

  • Ditto on bringing back the memories.

    When I was 8 or 9 my family got to go to Washington, DC. It was incredible for a young kid who had discovered an early thirst for history. We got to tour the white house, got to visit the capitol building and see the hall of statues, got to go to the smithsonian and see the kitty hawk flyer and the Spirit of St. Louis. We got to see all the presidential monuments and even went to the pentagon. All these magnificent edifices were so amazing for a kid from Kansas City. We went to mount vernon, too.

    But two of the most indelible things I saw, and which you unwittingly brought together were seeing the monument of the raising of the flag on iwo jima, and seeing the ceremony of the changing of the guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. Your picture of the tombstone of Ira Hayes is so emotion-evoking to see when you remember his story, where he was raised, the service he performed, and the tragic unraveling of his life.

    I have not been back to DC since that childhood visit, but I would recommend to everyone to read the book "Flags of Our Fathers" to learn or maybe re-learn what the meaning of sacrifice for one's nation used to mean. Again, thanks for the memory.

    -- Posted by MissouriBirdman on Thu, Sep 8, 2011, at 11:10 PM

  • Arlington is such a serene place. Even though I was just a child when we visited there, the sight of all those white stones in their precise rows is one I still remember. The silent scrutiny of those who bought our freedom overlooking the city where the present day caretakers of our HISTORY bring this country to the brink of destruction.

    I truly wish that before congress begins each term that every representative, senator, cabinet member, vice president and president was taken to the silence of arlington and listened as the constitution was read. It wouldn't take that much time and might remind them of the limits of power and the meaning of PUBLIC SERVICE. And when it was read, they could listen just a little longer to the stillness.

    -- Posted by MissouriBirdman on Fri, Sep 9, 2011, at 11:48 AM

  • Yes!

    -- Posted by KH Gal on Fri, Sep 9, 2011, at 12:44 PM

  • They used to have at Arlington Cemetery signs that said "No Picniking" because it was very difficult in the D C area to find a picnic spot because of so many people in the area. You could sit and figure where you wanted to go for a picnic with the kids and you might think you found a really good spot to have it, until you got there...........100's of other people were already there and this was back in the 60's imagine what it must be like today..

    -- Posted by MsMarylin on Fri, Sep 9, 2011, at 1:26 PM

  • Birdman, wonderful idea, but you might have to gag them all. They seem to never know when to shut up and listen.

    -- Posted by royincaldwell on Fri, Sep 9, 2011, at 5:00 PM
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