We walked all the way from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial for the concert. It was amazing with multiple screens and a terrific sound system. People were packed in all the way back to the WWII Memorial.
Taps was played just as PEOTUS and VPEOTUS were laying a wreath at Arlington. The music for the concert was wonderful, especially my favorite, Lee Greenwood singing "Proud to be an American."
We walked back to the Metro through crowds of people taking pictures of the White House from the Ellipse, then walked down the middle of a car-less Pennsylvania Ave. We could see the dome of the Capitol lit up against the night sky. All in all, it was a wonderful day with perfect weather and happy people. May all the barricades and checkpoints we saw ready-to-go lead to a peaceful day tomorrow.
Your post gave me goose-bumps! I felt like I was there!
Thank you so much for that first hand report! Glad you got to experience all that today.
Thanks for report.. lucky you being able to take all that in!
Guessing you don’t live too far away
Wow. What a great memory for you and your son ! It must have been amazing.