My girls on the Metro!
My guys on the Metro!
Walking to Ford's Theatre.
Waiting in line to tour Ford's Theatre Museum!
The museum covered Abraham Lincoln's life. This museum was built in the 1990s.
The kids with a life-size statue of President Lincoln.
It's amazing how many times Lincoln had to change commanders of the Union Army during the Civil War.
Part of an exhibit on the co-conspirators of John Wilkes Booth.
The gun that shot President Abraham Lincoln.
A timeline of President Lincoln's last day!
A timeline of John Wilkes Booth on the same day!
This hallway details the last hours leading up to the assassination. It was also the hallway between the theatre & a tavern next door where Booth had a drink while waiting to do his evil deed.
Ford's Theatre! It is a working theatre. The current play is "Spelling Bee". The Ranger did a great job describing the events of the night of April 14, 1865.
The box seats where President Lincoln was shot! It has been left exactly as it was that day (with some restoring done).
Next we crossed the street to the Peterson Boarding House. This is where President Lincoln was brought. Above is the parlor where Mrs. Lincoln waited.
This is the bed where President Lincoln died. It was so short they had to lay the President diagonal on the bed. They brought him here so he could die in private with dignity.
Attached to the Peterson House was another museum that detailed the aftermath of Lincoln's death. This is a display of books written about Lincoln!
Next we hopped the Metro to Arlington National Cemetery.
View of DC skyline from JFK's grave.
The Lincoln Memorial across the Memorial Bridge.
The Washington Monument.
The Capitol Building on the far left & Jefferson Memorial on far right.
David at the gravesite.
The simple grave of Robert F Kennedy.
The Lee House. It looks like limestone but is really brick covered with stucco to make it look more expensive than it is!
General Lee married a great-granddaughter of Martha Washington and inherited this plantation.
When the Union Army advanced on the Lee Estate, Mrs Lee left her household slave in charge of guarding all of the Washington family memorabilia that she had collected.
Just a small part of the 624 acres of Arlington National Cemetery!
Soldier on guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers.
Leaving the cemetery.
On the Memorial bridge. This bridge is symbolic of the bringing together of the country after the Civil War. It connects the Lee House at Arlington National Cemetery with the Lincoln Memorial.
Visiting Lincoln Memorial!
The Reflecting Pool & Washington Monument which is under construction for repair damage from the 2011 earthquake.
The Vietnam Memorial.
The Three Servicemen statue at the Vietnam Memorial.
A squirrel who posed for me!
Posing in front of White House!
Posing in front of the Washington Monument.
On the National Mall.
And just to prove that I was here too, here we are in front of Capitol Hill!
It was a long day of touring but we got to see a lot of things!
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