Wash DC - 8-20-11
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Mom and nephew Doug Loxtercamp entering the Wahington DC Metro Subway

Mom getting on the Metro in Washngton DC

Entrance to Arlington National Cemetery - across the Potomac River from Washington DC

Arlington National Cemetery consists of 624 acres

Arlington National Cemetery honors the soldiers who died fighting for our country

There are over 400,000 graves in Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery tombstones

Arlington National Cemetery tombstones

Memorial for Field Marshall Sir John Dill at Arlington National Cemetery

Memorial for Field Marshall Sir John Dill

JFK and Jackie Kennedy Onassis Memorials and eternal flame at Arlington National Cemetery

John F Kennedy Memorial and eternal flame

John F Kennedy Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery

Tombstone for Senator Robert F Kennedy

Tombstone for Senator Robert F Kennedy

Robert E Lee Arlington House at Arlington National Cemetery

Robert E Lee Portrait in Lee Arlington House

Lee's Bedroom in Robert E Lee Arlington House

Winter kitchen in Robert E Lee Arlington House

Parlor in Robert E Lee Arlington House

Arlington National Cemetery tombstones

Arlington National Cemetery signs

Tomb of the Unknown soldier honors unidentified soldiers who have died at war

Soldier at guard at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier

Changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier

Changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier

Memorial Amphitheatre at Arlington National Cemetery

Memorial Amphitheatre at Arlington National Cemetery

Memorial for the US 4th (Ivy) Division

Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery

Battle of the Bulge Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery

Mom and Doug at Arlington National Cemetery

With Mom and Doug at Arlington National Cemetery

Memorial to USS Serpens Navy ship sunk in 1945 in WWII

Arlington National Cemetery

McClellan Gate is a memorial to Major General George B. McClellan

Women's Memorial at Arlington Cemetery

Washington Monument in Washington DC

Washington Monument opened in 1888

Washington Monument is 555 feet tall

George Washington plaque inside the Washington Monument

George Washington statue inside the Washington Monument

Jefferson Memorial as seen from the Washington Monument

Lincoln Memorial as seen from the Washington Monument

World War II Memorial as seen from the Washington Monument

The White House as seen from the Washington Monument

Department of Commerce as seen from the Washington Memorial

Mom and Doug at the World War II Memorial

World War II Memorial honors the 16 million who served in the war and the 400,000 who died

World War II Memorial opened in 2004

With Mom at the World War II Memorial

With Mom at the World War II Memorial

Washington Monument as seen from the World War II Memorial

World War II Memorial has 56 pillars

Memorial to Women Nurses in the Vietnam War

Vietnam Veteran's Memorial lists the names of more than 58,000 Americans who died in Vietnam

Vietnam Veteran's Memorial opened in 1982

Three Soldiers Memorial near the Vietnam Memorial

Lincoln Memorial - built between 1912 and 1922

Mom and Doug at the Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial statue was built in 1920

With mom at the Lincoln Memorial

Gettysburg Address at the Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial is open to the public 24 hours a day

Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington DC

Korean War Veterans Memorial honors those who served in the Korean War

Korean War Veterans Memorial opened in 1995

Korean War Veterans Memorial displays 19 stainless steel statues designed by Frank Gaylord

Korean War statues stand between between 7 feet 3 inches 7 feet 6 inches tall

Mom at the Korean War Veterans Memorial

At the Korean War Veterans Memorial

Korean War statues represent the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines branches of the armed forces

The MLK Memorial will be officially unvailed tomorrow 8-21-11

MLK Memorial is 30 feet tall and made of white granite

Mom at the Franklyn Deleno Roosevelt Memorial in Washington DC

With Mom at the Great Depression 'Bread Line' Statue at the FDR Memorial

Franklyn Deleno Roosevelt Statue with dog Fala

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt Statue

With Mom and Doug at the FDR Waterfalls

Jefferson Memorial on the Tidal Basin

Jefferson Memorial opened in 1943 and was modeled after the Pantheon of Rome

George Mason Memorial near the Jefferson Memorial

MLK Memorial view across Tidal Basin from the Jefferson Memorial

Mom and Doug at the Jefferson Memorial

With Mom at the Thomas Jefferson Statue

Declaration of Independence writings inscribed inside the Jefferson Memorial

The dome ceiling inside the Jefferson Memorial

Washington Monument as seen from the Jefferson memorial

Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington DC

National Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC

United States Department of Agriculture

USDA Administrative building in Washington DC

USDA Administrative building was built in 1908

Smithsonian Castle and Information Center in Washington DC

Garden side of Smithsonian Castle and Information Center

St. Peter's Catholic Church near the US Capitol in Washington DC

Mom and Doug at St. Peter's Catholic Church on Capitol Hill

Attending Sunday mass at St. Peter's Catholic Church on Capitol Hill