The Seaton Family: Washington DC

Day two in DC brought a lot of sun and a lot of walking. We parked and walked to the Lincoln and Washington Monuments as well as the Veitnam and World War II Memorials. There wasn't much to see at the monuments but it was neat just to be able to see something you've seen pictures of and heard about growing up. The two war memorials were a different experience. The Vietnam War Memorial is a wall built into the ground that starts real low to the ground and gradually moves up and along a walkway. The names of all the American soldiers killed during this war appear on the wall. Once you see it and realize how many names are on just one section of the wall it is just mind boggling to realize how many men and women lost their lives during this war. They do have a reference book where you can look up a person's name and find the location of the name on the wall. We actually found someone with the last name of Seaton on the wall while we were just passing by. When we looked it up in the book there were acutally 3 Seatons but none of which were from MS. The WWII Memorial was set up where it had stone pillars to represent each state which fought in WWII and it formed a complete circle with entrances at each side representing the Atlantic and Pacific side of the US. It encompassed a pool in the middle with different types of waterfalls and fountains.

Ryan and Ms. Beverly in front of a statue of Lincoln and Ryan and I in front of the Washington Monument

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall

The World War II Memorial

Later in the day we went to the Newseum which is a relatively new museum that is all about news. It had several tangible things in it from different news stories inside like part of the Berlin Wall, the DC Snipers car, part of the radio tower from one of the buildings of the World Trade Center in NYC and many other things. Of course, there were lots of stuff about Katrina and several pictures/videos from local papers and tv stations in LA and MS.