Photograph of 4th of July fireworks over Washington DC, which illuminated the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, and the U.S. Capitol.
The name of this sculpture is Ad Astra by the American artist Richard Lippold. Sculpture at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC. This abstract statue is made of gold-colored polished stainless steel. It stands at 100 feet tall and consists of a "...three-planed narrow shaft ending in a pointed tip, penetrates a triple star-like cluster near its apex
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is guarded 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and in any weather by Tomb Guard sentinels. Sentinels, all volunteers, are considered to be the best of the elite 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), headquartered at Fort Myer, Va.
The Iwo Jima Memorial, also known as the U. S. Marine Corps War Memorial, honors the Marines who have died defending the United States since 1775. The Iwo Jima Memorial is located near Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia, just across the Potomac River from Washington, DC.
Some of the spires from the Smithsonian Memorial and associated buildings. In the background you can see the top of the Washington Memorial, which was under scaffolding at the time, following an August 2011 earthquake.
Reflection of the Washington monument against the wall of the Vietnam Memorial
Black and white photograph of the Jefferson Memorial.
Color photograph of the Jefferson Memorial.
Close up photograph of the hands of those U.S. Marines who raised the American flag on Mt. Suribachi, on the island of Iwo Jima, during World War II. The Iwo Jima Memorial statute depicts the scene of the flag raised by 5 Marines and a Navy hospital corpsman that signaled the successful takeover of the island and was one of the final battles during the war, which ended in 1945.
The World War II Memorial honors the 16 million who served in the armed forces of the U.S., the more than 400,000 who died, and all who supported the war effort from home.
This well-known bronze sculpture by Frederick Hart portrays three young uniformed American soldiers, during the Vietnam War. I superimposed the names of some of the 58,168 soldiers, sailors, airman, and Marines who paid the ultimate price.
Some of the nearly 400,000 graves at Arlington National Cemetery.
Photograph of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, and U.S. Capitol building, shot from Arlington, Virginia.
Photograph just outside the Lincoln Memorial showing the statute of Abraham Lincoln (the 16th U.S. President) and the inscription "In this temple as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the union the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever."
