Historic Pictures by yours truly

Okay, just some random photos taken in Washington D.C. Just thought I'd share.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy's grave site with the eternal flame. The home above was Robert E. Lee's home. The reason the National Cemetary exists where it does is because they wanted to bury dead soldiers in his front yard since R.E.L. joined 'the south' during the Civil War. Robert E. Lee never returned to his home after the war.

The Vietnam Memorial Wall... with Flower. There are now 58,260 names listed on the wall.

The Washington Memorial. You cannot tell through this picture, but the memorial was put on hold half way through the construction. You can notice there is 2 different colors of stone about half way up. There was a lack of funds during the Civil War. This monument took 36 years to build.

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The words written on the tomb say:

HERE RESTS IN

HONORED GLORY

AN AMERICAN

SOLDIER

KNOWN BUT TO GOD

The Watergate Hotel. Home of the Nixon scandal.

The White House, home of every President except for George Washington. It was not completed until he was out of office.

President Howard Taft's resting place. He is only 1 of 2 Presidents buried in Arlington National Cemetary. (The other is JFK).

President Abraham Lincoln's top hat.

Ford's Theatre, the place where Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth.

The tombstone of Audie L. Murphy, the most decorated soldier from World War II. (yes, a Texan).