Sept 19th, Washington DC afternoon

Washington DC afternoon...

 

Christopher Columbus

 

Civil War soldiers

 

Ulysses S Grant

 

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, and American Founding Father and third president of the United States.  The neoclassical building was designed by the architect John Russell Pope and was completed in 1943.  The bronze statue of Jefferson was added in 1947.

 

Jefferson Memorial

 

FDR Memorial is a 7.5 acre site and depicts the 12 pivotal years of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidency through a series of four outdoor gallery rooms.  the rooms feature ten bronze sculptures depicting President Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt and events from the Great Depression and World War II.  The park-like setting includes waterfalls and quiet pools amidst a meandering wall of reddish Dakota granite, where Roosevelt's inspiring words are carved.  "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself..."iconic words from an iconic president. It is the first memorial in Washington, DC purposely designed to be totally wheelchair accessible.

Franklin Roosevelt, like three other presidents whose memorials grace the National Mall, commanded attention because of his stature.  Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt all stood over six feet tall.  Before he was confined to a wheelchair, FDR stood out in a crowd at 6'2" tall.

 

Remembrance of the Depression at the FDR Memorial

 

 

 

 

The Lincoln Memorial is an American national monument built to honor the 16th president of he United States, Abraham Lincoln.  The building is in the form of a Greek Doric temple and contains a large seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and inscriptions of two well-knows speeches by Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address and his Second Inaugural Address.

 

 

 

 

Ford Theater where Lincoln was shot.