Washington D.C. trip--pic heavy

ruger41

A few years ago I took a trip to D.C. to see the memorials and some other places. I also got to go inside the Pentagon(if you have a family member who is a MoH recipient you can get a tour) to the Hall of Heros where they have a memorial for Medal of Honor recipients of which my uncle Frankie Z. Molnar is one(posthoumously). Thought I'd share some pics and it was COLDDDDDDD in Feb. Interesting to note that inside the Pentagon they have TONS of memorabilia from many wars, almost like a mini museum.


Vietnam Memorial Wall




Hall of Hero's




General MacArthurs pistol.

The Japanese Surrender document

Moro Weapons from the Phillipine Campaign

yep this is inside the Pentagon





view from inside the Washington Memorial(very high up)



Lincoln Memorial


White House







Mt. Vernon


Stonewall Jackson





Love or Hate the NRA but they do have an awesome gun museum that is free to the public-I would highly recommend seeing it.



from the Teddy Roosevelt wing.









These pics were taken around 2002-I did go to lots of other places in and around D.C. as well. I think it should definately be on anyones short list of places to visit in this country for all the history. Thanks for viewing-I know it was a lot of pics[:D]

M1Garandlover

Cool, thank you for sharing

Old-Colts

Very nice, thanks for sharing!!

ruger41

you're welcome--i went to the Smithsonian too but didn't get to see all of it. There is also a Spy Museum across from the FBI that is very fun. Also went to Ford's Theater which is much smaller than I expected.

susie

Very nice photos. I find it ironic that the powers in DC now sit ready to attempt to remove our 2nd Amendment rights, yet pay homage to firearms and their impact on our heritage.[V]

SG

Nice pics ruger! I wouyld really like to visit DC again.Its been almost 25yrs since I was there on a 5th grade fieldtrip.

jon o

Great trip!! Great pics!! Thanks!![^]

ruger41

I have an excuse to go back--my wife has never been and my twins to be born will need to go.

jeffie076

GREAT PICS tHANKS FOR SHARING.

ruger41

One other nice thing about visiting D.C. is you can pretty much walk to all of the monuments and many of the museums--the NRA museum, Mt. Vernon and Manassas Battlefield were the only things that we couldn't just walk to. The one nice thing about visiting in the winter was there were very few people out because of the snow so there were no lines to deal with. George Washington really picked a beautiful spot for his home.