The Monuments

Okay, so here are a million or so pictures in no particular order of the monuments. Seeing the monuments was probably my favorite thing. I don't know how anyone can go to Washington DC and see the monuments, learn the symbolism, read the quotes, and not feel an overwhelming sense of gratitude and respect for our great country. Unfortunately, these pictures do not do any of these sights justice. We took a night tour to see the monuments at night, but then my friend and I walked down to all of them again at night and we were sooo glad we did, even if it was a little scary! :) We have plenty of funny memories to remember from our night walk around the monuments. I have so many pictures so I figure I will just update a little big at a time.

This (to the left) is at the FDR memorial. It is fairly new and totally awesome. Each section of the memorial portrays a term of FDR's presidency.

To the right is the Jefferson Memorial and I think it was my very favorite. It looked incredible lit up and I loved the quotes. The statues are so incredibly huge!

Monuments at night. So beautiful!! Wish the pictures did them a little more justice.

I loved the World War II memorial. The Vietnam wall was really touching. It was neat that you could see your own reflection on the wall.

So I know these pictures are all really messed up on the blog. I'm not quite sure how to do so many multiples. This is part of the WWII memorial. There is a pillar for each state.

The Washington Monument was cool because you could see it from pretty much everywhere in the city. The reflection of this monument looked really cool on the Tidal Basin as well.

The time in DC went by so quickly and I really wish I could go back and see a little more.