We arrived here yesterday, so I apologize for the late posting.
After arriving yesterday in the middle of a cabbie strike (aka, we carry our own luggage many blocks), we took the metro to Arlington National Cemetery. WE saw all the familiar images -- the mast-head of the USS Maine, sunk in Havana Harbor in 1899; President Kennedy's grave, whose eternal flame remains ever constant; the Changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns, our military's finest display of pomp and circumstance. The thing that stuck me the most, though, is Robert F. Kennedy's grave -- a very great man, laid to rest under a simple white cross on the side of a hill, very close his brother, yet very separate.
After that we went to the American Marine Memorial, know to most Americans as the Iwo Jima Monument. The massiveness of the bronze monument is eye-opening -- the soldiers are at least 25 feet tall.
This morning was the tour of the White House. It was spectacular to see what the president sees every day, where he walks every day, where presidents for 200 years have made great decisions. We visited the East room, where the portrait of George Washington still hangs, and presidents from Lincoln to Kennedy have lain in state. We stood in the window of history, and are greatly humbled by its calling.
The Father has richly blessed this nation.
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hi tory
sounds wonderful - what an awesome experience
i am so happy for you
much love
kim