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Flag at the Wall

An American flag placed at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC.

Tree Cover

A lone cannon sitting near the edge of a forest on a Civil War battlefield.

After Dark

Evening at the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Garden Pavilion 2

At Thomas Jefferson's Monticello inside the Garden Pavilion overlooking the Virginia countryside.

Buddha 1

The face of Kamakura Daibutsu, the Great Buddha of Kamakura.

The Original

The Original Starbucks store in Seattle, WA.

Stone House

The Stone House, at the Manassas Battlefield, was used as a Union hospital during both battles at Manassas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stone_House,_Manassas_National_Battlefield_Park

Battlefield

A cannon on the Manassas National Battlefield looking toward the Henry House.

Franz Benda

Private Franz Benda, of Manitowoc, WI was mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863 fighting with the 26th Wisconsin. He laid in the sun for two days before being transferred to a hospital, eventually dying on August 28, 1863. His family came from the same area of Melnick, Bohemia as mine (near Prague). The Benda family also settled near Manitowoc, WI at the same small town of Kossuth at about the same time as mine. It's where most Bohemian residents settled and was a very small community. My family and the Benda's had to have known each other. Private Benda is buried at the Gettysburg National Cemetery. http://killedatgettysburg.org/franz-benda-26th-wisconsin/ https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/benda/8/

Monticello

A cloudy day at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello in Virginia.

Glamorous Glennis

The Bell X-1, called Glamorous Glennis, flown by Chuck Yeager was the first manned aircraft to break the sound barrier on October 14, 1947. It now hangs in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/bell-x-1

Top of the Hill

A lone cannon sitting near the edge of a forest on a Civil War battlefield.

Lincoln at Night

The Lincoln Memorial at night in Washington DC.

Woodlawn Plantation

The Woodlawn Plantation, home of George Washington's adopted granddaughter Eleanor Parke Custiss. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlawn_(plantation)

On the Hill

One of many Confederate cannons at the Manassas National Battlefield.

Discovery Hanger 2

The Space shuttle Discovery on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. The museum is part of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. https://airandspace.si.edu/udvar-hazy-center

Fala

Fala, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s dog, honored as a statue next to FDR at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, DC.

Her Unborn Child

The National September 11 Memorial in New York City, this is one of two monuments designed in the footprints of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.

Enola Gay 1

The Enola Gay on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. The museum is part of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. https://airandspace.si.edu/udvar-hazy-center

Blackbird 2

An SR-71, Blackbird, at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. The museum is part of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. https://airandspace.si.edu/udvar-hazy-center

MLK Memorial

A winter day at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC.

MLK Side View

A side view of the Martin Luther King Jr. statue at the MLK Memorial in Washington, DC.

Silent Guns

A long silent cannon overlooks the Manassas National Battlefield.

Bull Run

A statue of Stonewall Jackson overlooks the Henry House on Virginia's Manassas Battlefield.

Cannons

A line of American Civil War cannons at the Manassas National Battlefield.

Garden Pavilion 1

At Thomas Jefferson's Monticello inside the Garden Pavilion overlooking the Virginia countryside.

Buddha 7

Kamakura Daibutsu, the Great Buddha of Kamakura.

Kamakura Daibutsu

Kamakura Daibutsu, the Great Buddha of Kamakura.

Cherry Blossom 9

The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial behind cherry blossoms on the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC.

Lucky Lindy

The Spirit of St. Louis hanging in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/2001-137hjpg

MLK Side View 2

A side view of the Martin Luther King Jr. statue at the MLK Memorial in Washington, DC.

Rear View

The space shuttle Discovery on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. The museum is part of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. https://airandspace.si.edu/udvar-hazy-center

Pike Place

The sign at Pike Place Market in Seattle, WA.

Jazz Sax

Sculptures on Blue Street in Yokosuka honoring the city as one of Japan’s gateways to jazz music.

DC Basilica 3

Instide the largest Catholic church in North America, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.

Discovery

The space shuttle Discovery on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. The museum is part of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. https://airandspace.si.edu/udvar-hazy-center

Evening Scene

One evening on a street in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia.

Buddha 16

Kamakura Daibutsu, the Great Buddha of Kamakura.

Thrust

The engines of the space shuttle Discovery on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. The museum is part of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. https://airandspace.si.edu/udvar-hazy-center

Quiet Guns 2

A lone cannon from the US Civil War quietly sits on a hill overlooking a meadow.

Buddha 3

Kamakura Daibutsu, the Great Buddha of Kamakura.

Flag on the Wall

An American flag and a rose sitting at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC.

Monticello 2

Thomas Jefferson's Monticello near Charlottesville, VA.

Blackbird (B&W)

An SR-71, Blackbird, at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. The museum is part of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. https://airandspace.si.edu/udvar-hazy-center

Hanger Queen

The propeller of a biplane on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. The museum is part of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. https://airandspace.si.edu/udvar-hazy-center

The Hanger

The space shuttle Discovery on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. The museum is part of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. https://airandspace.si.edu/udvar-hazy-center

Enola Gay 2

The Enola Gay on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. The museum is part of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. https://airandspace.si.edu/udvar-hazy-center

MLK Memorial 2

Looking up at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC.

WWII Memorial

The fountains of the World War Two Memorial in Washington, DC.

Korea

The Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington DC by Frank Gaylord and Louis Nelson gets my vote for the most incredible war memorial in DC. Absolutely stunning and a must see!

Mount Vernon

A fog blanket covering George Washington’s home at Mount Vernon, Virginia with sheep grazing on the front lawn.

Korea 4

The Korean War Memorial in Washingtin, DC.

Discovery Hanger

The space shuttle Discovery on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. The museum is part of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. https://airandspace.si.edu/udvar-hazy-center

The Original (B&W)

The Original Starbucks store in Seattle, WA.

Shuttle

The space shuttle Discovery on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. The museum is part of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. https://airandspace.si.edu/udvar-hazy-center

Jazz Trumpeter

Sculptures on Blue Street in Yokosuka honoring the city as one of Japan’s gateways to jazz music.

Buddha 14

A crowd gathers at Kamakura Daibutsu, the Great Buddha of Kamakura.

Quiet Guns

The location where Confederate batteries fired on attacking Union troops at nearby Brawner's Farm on the Manassas National Battlefield.

Blackbird

An SR-71, Blackbird, at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. The museum is part of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. https://airandspace.si.edu/udvar-hazy-center

The Wall

A man pointing to a name on the wall at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, DC.

John S. McCain III

The grave of Senator John McCain at the US Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, MD.

Buddha 2

Kamakura Daibutsu, the Great Buddha of Kamakura.

Gristmill

George Washington’s Gristmill, a reconstruction that produces flour and whiskey based off Washington’s notes which are for sale at their store near Mount Vernon, Virginia.

911 Memorial 1

The National September 11 Memorial in New York City. This is one of two monuments designed in the footprints of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.

Milestones

A late afternoon at the Milestones of Flight Hall at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

MLK Memorial 4

A sunny day at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC.

Groveton

This is Groveton Confederate Cemetery at Manassas, VA. Of the 264 dead, only two are known. Most of the unknown Confederate dead from both Battles of Manassas were buried at Arlington Cemetery in the Civil War Unknowns burial vault next to the Custiss Lee Mansion.

Abe's Other Side

Inside the Lincoln Memorial as seen from the other side.

Lent Lillies

Two Lent Lillies on the grounds of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.

Arboretum 1

These are the original pillars of the US Capitol's east portico from 1828. Once completed in 1866, the Capitol's dome was larger than planned. In 1958 these pillars were dismantled and a new addition constructed. These original pillars are now at the National Arboretum in Washington, DC. http://usna.usda.gov

Moving

A crowd passing through the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington DC.

Buddha 20

Kamakura Daibutsu, the Great Buddha of Kamakura built with 93 tons of copper in 1252 AD.

Buddha 27

A crowd gathers at Kamakura Daibutsu, the Great Buddha of Kamakura.

Korea 3

The Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington DC by Frank Gaylord and Louis Nelson gets my vote for the most incredible war memorial in DC. Absolutely stunning and a must see!

MLK Memorial 3

A winter day at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC.

Silent

The back end of a Civil War cannon at the Manassas National Battlefield.

This Temple (B&W)

The interior of the Lincoln Memorial can actually be dark on very cloudy days.

Memories

A sketch left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC, one of many items left there daily.

Henry House

The reconstructed Henry House at the Manassas National Battlefield in Virginia.

Parrott Gun

An original Parrott gun, produced by West Point Foundry in 1861, on the Manassas National Battlefield.