Monday night we had an evening tour with the Monuments on the Mall. We started with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial which includes the wall with the names of the soldiers who either died in the War or are missing in action from the War, a statue of the women who served and died during the War, and a statue of the soldiers. A proud moment happened for Jack Myers-Hulsey who looked up a relative's name in one of the listing books and was able to find it engraved on the wall.
Next we visited the Korean Veterans Memorial which is an awe-inspiring representation of stainless steel, larger-than-life replicas of American soldiers walking into the unknown with looks of fear and uncertainty on their faces. Daniel Moshell said he didn't like this Memorial because of the looks on the soldiers' faces...the artist did an superb job in portraying the intensity of the Korean War.
The Lincoln Memorial was our next stop and the students enjoyed seeing the two sides of Lincoln in the single memorial...the relaxed side, hand unclenched and leg in a sitting position and the ready for war side, hanc clenched and leg ready to stand up to fight. As we waited for night to fall, it was beautiful to see the monuments light up...the Lincoln on one end and the Washington on the other. Unfortunately for us, the Reflecting Pool has been drained for refurbishing, but that gives something else to come back to see on another trip!
Our last stop for the evening was the World War II Memorial which is breath-taking at night as well with water fountains flowing and each state column being lit for night. Seeing the Wall of Stars which represents the number of soldiers who died during the War was sobering. Being in between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial was a tremendous experience.
But, there are 34 very tired travellers...we headed to the hotel and no one had trouble going to bed Monday night after a busy first day in our nation's capital city.
( We are taking lots of pictures, but it drains my battery to post using wi-fi. I will post pictures later.)
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