Monuments & Memorials

Today was quite enjoyable! We met up with Mike (a friend of mine from APU) for lunch. After lunch, Mike helped us navigate the Metro, and then took us on a tour of the monuments and memorials. Mike's tour included some little-known facts about DC monuments, including but not limited to, the monument to Ike Lincoln (Abe's lesser-known brother who was a hairdresser), and Fred The Ghost, who can be found regularly at the Jefferson Memorial. :)


Here are just a few pix from the day:

The White House

The Washington Monument, seen from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

The Reflecting Pool, looking toward the Lincoln Memorial.

(This was one of my favorite pictures from today.)

This quote, part of the FDR Memorial, struck me as exceptionally profound.

In case it's hard to read in the picture, here it is:

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.