The True Roots of American Freedom

Greetings from DC Blogees! The day began at 7:00 am with our guided tour of the Gettysburg Battlefield. What a solemn occasion.  It was the deadliest battle ever fought in US History.  One cannot help being moved while visiting this site.  We stood on the exact site where Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address.  After lunch and some shopping for my Gettysburg obsessed hubby, we were off for the two hour trip to Washington DC.  Maryland is a beautiful state.  We crossed the Mason Dixon line and soon arrived in the DC area.

We are staying at a beautiful Marriott in the Adams Morgan area, which is very accessible to all of the monuments and memorials.  Tonight we took an illuminated tour of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Memorial, Jefferson Memorial and the White House.  The most emotional monument is by far the Vietnam Memorial.  I have a relative by marriage who died in Vietnam in 1965 when I was in 5th grade.  His name was Frank Blank from Pittsburgh, PA and I was able to look up his panel in the book and obtain a pencil sketching of his name. Flowers, flags, pictures, and memorabilia adorn the site.  

We are in DC until Sunday and we'll be off to the Capitol, National Portrait Gallery, and Smithsonian tomorrow.  I was so worried about my feet and ankles on this trip, but I've been on such a American heritage high, I don't even feel them.