What a day...What a day! This has been quite an exciting day as we traveled to Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson and then on to Washington DC.
Monticello, or "little mountain", is the beautiful estate of our third President, Thomas Jefferson. The house has been kept in its original form in structure, interior design, and are currently working on recreating the botanical and vegetable gardens. Jefferson had inherited the 11,000 acres and proceeded to build his first home on the property around 1770. Through the Revolution, Declaration of Independence, and the foundation of our new nation, he continued to build the estate into what it is today. Taking a tremendous amount of architectural and interior design concepts from his travels to France and incorporating them into his home. We were not permitted to take pictures of the inside, but as you will see, the exterior is spectacular!
We then took a break for lunch at Michie's Tavern. All I have to say is "Colonel Sanders who???" KFC has got nothing on this fried chicken. I also tried for the first time in my life, stewed tomatoes. My wife and family will be the first to attest, that I do NOT eat tomatoes, but these were goooooood!
After our 2 hour bus ride, we arrived in our nation's capital, Washington DC. We immediately went to the Library of Congress for a quick look around. We then headed to the Korean War, Lincoln, and Vietnam War memorials. What a somber, heart-wrenching experience to see th 58,000 names etched on the wall, and the representatives of the 54,000 that lost their lives in the Vietnam and Korean wars.
I will save the rest for the pictures that I was able to capture today. The Lord showed us His beauty today by dropping about an inch or two of snow on us. It was absolutely beautiful!
1. Monticello
2. Thomas and Martha Jefferson's first home on the estate.
3. Mulberry Row - slave quarters, gardens, wood shop, joinery, etc.
4. The view from Mulberry Row
5. Thomas Jefferson's gravesite; onsite at Monticello.
6. Notice what is missing from Jefferson's eptiaph?
7. Proud to be an American!
8. Washington in the snow
9. Library of Congress
10. Our beautiful Capital building; in my attempt at being a little artistic.
11. The Korean War memorial
12. A somber reminder of those who gave thier lives for the freedom of nations around the world.
13. The spot on which Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I have a dream" speech.
14. The view from the Lincoln Memorial
15. The Lincoln Memorial; I'm pretty proud of this picture!
16. Soldier's monument; three soldiers all facing the Vietnam memorial as if paying tribute to thier 58,000 fallen brothers and sisters.
17. James K. Patterson, close friend of my dad.
18. A picture can not do justice to the impact of seeing 58,000 names of those who gave thier lives in service to our country.
19. Vietnam War Nurses Memorial.
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4 comments:
ALL the pictures are awesome/beautiful, thanks for taking the time to share babe!
SPEECHLESS!!!!
OK, we want to know what is missing from the Jefferson epitaph? Was it the date of his birth & death? (That's Carrie's guess)
ABSOLUTLY AWESOME PICS...WE ARE RIGHT THERE WITH YA!!!
Wow - amazing pictures Cam! Looks like it is time for you to work on your scrapbooking skills and create a cool travel scrapbook!!
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