Category Archives: Memorials

Graveyard in Old Town Alexandria

For years I have been driving past this old cemetery in Old Town next to the Beltway.  Since the temperature and humidity were ONLY 90, I decided to stop and walk around. Surprisingly, there were quite a few modern graves but there were some that were from the 1700s. I took lots of shots and...

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World War II Memorial — Bob Jones during Honor Flight

Uncle Bob Jones visited DC as part of a group from Southwest Minnesota. They were in an Honor Flight program that brings WWII vets to town to see the WWII Memorial and lots of other things.  Honor Flight donates EVERYTHING to these vets, flies them here, drives them around in buses, pays for their hotel,...

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Lincoln Center

My bride sang in a concert at Lincoln Center, “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace” by Karl Jenkins. She was part of the chorus which was made up of several church choirs which ours was one. Awesome. Of course, the Lincoln Center does not allow cameras at all. I honored their request but now...

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New York! New York!

We hit the ground on Friday and have been moving ever since. Walking. Walking. And, of course, the NY taxi. We’ve had fun and the weather has been pretty much okay. Yesterday, around noon the rain started and so we headed for the Museums. Ended up in the Museum of Natural History. It was great–and...

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Updated Things I Notice

I found some older shots that seemed appropriate for the area I live in and so put them up on “Things.” This is one of them, there are many, many more. I’ve been going to the Vietnam Memorial for almost 25 years. My generation. My classmates. A huge piece of America. Inevitably, I have to...

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