A Day to Remember

This elderly woman was walking to the Inauguration before sunrise--all by herself with her walker. The air was brisk--but everyone could feel an important momentous event in history was about to pass. Young and old gathered under one distinction--American.

Although we were far from the podium of the swearing in ceremony, we had a perfect view of the Capitol Building, the Smithsonian Castle, and the Washington Monument.
Waiting in the cold, everyone had a wonderful attitude! 
Looking down, I saw I was standing on a newspaper that had shots of the Lincoln Memorial on the day of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech. Chills rushed down my spine thinking about the history associated with this event and the present.
Some haters...our students were not appreciative of the boo-ing and hissing that arose when President Bush was announced.

I didn't know it at the time, but turns out this was former President Bush and family leaving to a nearby Air Force Base on Executive One Helicopter. They were leaving to return to their ranch in Texas.
World War II Memorial
Lincoln Memorial

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Korean War Memorial

Washington Monument with a frozen Reflecting Pool


Jefferson Monument at sunset
A flag draped in the Pentagon Mall