Washington DC Day 2

 Our second day in DC we decided that we would buy a trolley pass and that would take us around most of the city and we could hop on and off when we wanted to.  We wanted to see all the monuments, but we also wanted to see them all at night since we had heard from so many that is a must see.

 The Thomas Jefferson Memorial.

 We made it up to see Arlington National Cemetery. That place is much bigger than I had anticipated.  We walked around to see the Kennedy's burial spot and then off to see the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers.  I loved that they have people there that keep the noise down to a minimum, so it is very respectful to those that are buried there.  We were there just in time to see the changing of the guards.

 We went up to see the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument is there in the distance.

When we drove past the Lincoln Memorial in the morning it had been closed off due to vandals that had thrown green paint on the Lincoln statue.  If you look close you can see the splatters of green paint.  When we came back from Arlington Cemetery, they had it semi-open for the public to see.  

 We walked over to see the Korean War Memorial.  This one had some unique symbolism as there were nineteen soldiers and then on the marble wall you see the reflection of 19 soldiers so a total of 38 soldiers representing the 38th parallel.

 We also walked over to the Vietnam Memorial since our dad served over in Vietnam.  From there we went to see the World War II Memorial. This one was pretty cool as it had fountains and had each state represented surrounding a central pool of water and fountain.

 From there we drove by the White House.  There was always something going on so we were never able to get very close to take any good pics, but they showed us the best place to get a picture.

 We then decided to head over to the Natural History Museum....does this remind you of a certain show?

 Then of course we had to go over to see the Postal Museum since our dad works for them.  It was a really small museum, but it is housed in a really cool building.  Saw a bunch of the old school mail trucks and the history of how the mail system came about as well as some mailboxes from around the world.