We spent the first part of the day touring the pentagon. No pictures except for the visitors center.
Grammie with another photo-op at the visitors center.
Grampy taking a turn.
The Pentagon Memorial is around the end of the Pentagon. Each individual memorial consists of a platform that was meant as a place to sit. Underneath is a small rectangular pool of water representing a reflecting pool, with the name of the person on the open end. The end faces a year marker identifying the year the person was born. If the end points to the Pentagon, then the person was at the Pentagon when the crash occurred. If it points to the sky then the person was on the plane.
The Pentagon is a building that combined the different branches of service except for the Coast Guard which is part of Homeland security and would only be included if a war was declared.
The Pentagon employs 23,000 military and civilians.
After the Pentagon, we returned back to the Newseum to finish the last 3 floors. Of particular interest were winning Pulitzer Prize pictures. One in particular, was one of a lineman that had been hit with 6000 volts. A fellow lineman climbed the pole and began resuscitative procedures. The lineman lived. Be careful out there.
Even though we didn't get a White House tour, we did visit the White House Visitor center. The first picture depicts children of a President sliding in the "front yard"
Once it is determined that a President will not be returning to the White House, all of the remaining furniture is loaded and taken to his private residence. In the picture below on the right, Lady Byrd Johnson is seen dancing on the table top.
Walking around the city we saw the Boy Scout Memorial
We didn't get in but we did pass the Ford Theater.
Thanks for keep an eye out for Grammie, she is special.
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