These are a few of the photos Jeff and Ella took when they visited DC at the first part of the month.
It has been fun looking through their photos of sites that I am familiar with and have taken many photos of myself. It's great to see everything from their perspective and think 'now why didn't I think to take that photo? '
I've never had the opportunity to take photos of any of these memorials at night time. They look amazing all lit up.
Thomas Jefferson, was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and the third President of the United States (1801–1809).
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
56 granite columns symbolize the 48 states, seven federal territories and the District of Columbia.
In his 1967 Christmas Sermon on Peace, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said,
“If we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective.”
I love the silhouette created by the people walking in front of these inscribed words.
Freedom is not Free
The info I posted is public record and is readily available in school textbooks and tour brochures.