Mornin', everybody ! Happy Wednesday !
Beautiful, beautiful beautiful! Thank you for this wondrous presentation ((((((Aqua)))))).
Many, many years ago (I won't say how many, but here's a hint: JFK was president!) I visited the nation's capital with my parents and climbed the monument, step by step, with my Dad. You have brought back some very nice memories. I remember having my picture taken in front of the statue of Iwo Jima and a tour of the White House, hoping to catch a glimpse of our president.
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Ciao! :-)
Good morning Aqua and all.
I enjoyed this post so much, Aqua! Having lived in DC for six years while my dad was stationed at the Pentagon, I once knew the city like the back of my hand. Whenever friends and relatives would visit we would do the "monument tour" again. But I did not know any of this information about the Washington Monument.
There have been new monuments added since I was last there and jkphoto and I are looking forward to spending a few days of our vacation there this summer. It's been over 35 years since I've been back to DC.
Thank you, sistah, for this very interesting post today. May God bless and guide America and those charged with keeping her safe and free!
Good morning, all. Have a wonderful day across the fruited plain!
This is simply outstanding - from the beginning with your soft, pretty colors, to the pledge and on through the Welcome graphic. Be very proud of yourself!
Someday, before my time is up, I hope to visit DC, and see all these wondrous monuments myself. Until then, I'm thankful we have a 'historian' in our sistahood who has made these kinds of threads her 'thang' at the Finest!
I wish I could stay around this afternoon; am trying to finish John's essay for tomorrow, and have mega chores and errands to take care of. :(
TweetAh-Roooo! :)
Laus Deo indeed.
Afternoon Aqua. Beautiful presentation.
I seem to remember reading about Laus Deo but you've presented it in a more memorable way. Thanks.
I've seen the monument on two occasions. Once as a young pup of 6 and a few years ago when I chaparoned a group of high school foreign exchange kids on a tour of the East Coast. Had a greater impression on me as an adult. Would love to go back and do the sight-seeing again someday.
I remember walking all over the place trying to get the entire monument framed within my camera lense and happily, I was successful.
Thanks again for the tour.
A fine thread, pretty graphics and a wonderful history lesson. Thank you.
Aquamarine, I must commend you for the way you presented such a fascinating and virtually unknown fact about this wonderful symbol!
Sounds like the first of a "Learning to Love America" Series..:))
Have scanned through the thread, and note, too, how many of us were privileged to witness the launch of the spacecraft that went to the moon.
My husband had just left the service that July of 1969, and we were visiting his brother in Titusville. Jack worked at the Cape, and we took a position by the Indian River directly opposite the launch site, and what a glorious sight and sound it was!!
I, however, had lived at home with my parents in Brevard County from 1957 to October 1961, so had witnessed most of the early space flights, including the first manned ones. They all were awesome, with the sound rolling thunderously after the blaze went aloft.
Many of you will remember something funny I've related here that happened when I was dating my husband in 1960. He was fairly new to the area, and we went to a drive-in movie theater.
This, mind you, was the middle of the Cold War when drills were conducted in schools to prepare children for guided missile attacks, getting under their desks or into a center hall, or going into a shelter at home.
The movie screen happened to be in a direct line with Cape Canaveral, and all of a sudden, behind it was an enormous fireball that lit up the sky and following that the thundering sound - -
My Hero (one year out of the Air Force) yanked open the driver's door, grabbed my hand, and was literally pulling me out with him, intent upon throwing me on the tarmac and covering my body with his to minimize radiation damage from the nuclear missile...:))
Sorry, but I couldn't help laughing as I stopped him, recognizing it for what it was....
Wish I'd known you then and since, Aqua and dansy...
