the Three Soldiers
the Lincoln Statue in his Memorial
looking down on the Arlington Memorial Bridge with the Washington Needle in the distrance
Kennedy's words engraved in stone
a flower for the John F Kennedy Eternal Flame
on our way to the Smithsonian Institution building
the Capitol building on a rainy day
President George H W Bush returns home
looking from the Needle towards the Lincoln Memorial
In 1790 a special district was created along the Potomac River for a brand new federal capital for the USA.
Maryland and Virginia
both donated land for this noble purpose.
Called after the 1st president,
Washington was founded in 1791 to accommodated
the Trias Politica of the US government: Congress, President and Supreme Court.
During the
Civil War Washington
sat at the border between the Union (Maryland) and the Confederation (Virginia). Many freed slaves fled to the capital.
On September
11 2001
Hani Hanjour flew a hijacked plane in the Pentagon, killing 190 people.
Most foreign embassies and many national
and international organisations and lobby groups are based in Washington DC.
The city sports many sites like Arlington
National Cemetery, the Vietnam Memorial, the Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials. And do not forget the Smithsonian museums.
We
visited Washington DC several times, the pictures are from Feb 1988.
the Memorial Amphitheater at the Arlington Cemetery
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
looking down from the Lincoln Memorial over the Reflecting pool towards the Washington Needle
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial holds the names of over 58.000 fallen soldiers
lining up to get a glimpse of the White House
