Our first stop was Arlington. I LOVE going to Arlington! It is so beautiful! It was especially beautiful with all of the wreaths on the graves. There are SO many graves there! It just goes on as far as you can see. Because there are so many graves the sponsors who pay for the wreaths choose a different section of the cemetery every year to place the wreaths on. The families are welcome to place wreaths on the graves if they choose too.
Here is where all of the generals are burried. As you can see there are four star generals burried there.
We saw this as we were walking out. It's a memorial for the armed forces.
We saw this as we were walking out. It's a memorial for the armed forces.
Here is a closer look at it. It's really pretty!
After Arlington we decided to go to one of the Smithsonian's and it just so happened to be the American History museum which was closest to us. As we got out of the truck we saw the sun setting next to the Washington Monument. I thought it looked really pretty.
This is what we saw at the museum:
This is the old Washington monument. It used to be where the other Washinton monument is.
I thought this was funny. I love how it "glows in the dark".
Who doesn't love the Muppets? These were the original ones used by Jim Henson. Notice how much Kermit the Frog changed over the years.
"There's no place like home! There's no place like home!" Dorothy's ruby slippers. They are the ones she wore in the movie.
This was my favorite part! We got to see the flag that was hanging over Fort McHenry the night Francis Scott Key wrote The Star Spangled Banner. It was AWESOME! It had wholes in it from being shelled and everything. It was HUGE! It was around 20 feet tall! I never imagined that it was that big! It was in a dark room so you couldn't take pictures. It was awesome! By far my favorite part!
This showed the evolving of trains.
Skyli's kitty came everywhere with us! She didn't put it down.
This is a kevlar that a journalist wore during the invasion in Iraq. Notice it's a Marine kevlar. OORAH!
Dale Ernhardt's helmet and his managers jacket.
The original costume of C-3PO.
That was where my camera died. So the end of our Washington trip will come in another post. I took some pictures with my phone.
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