John had a work conference in Virginia so we added a few extra days and went to see DC here is all the fun we had. Our trip began with an early 4 am flight. We had one layover in Atlanta and from there flew into Charlottesville. It was a bumpy ride so we did not get much sleep, so at this time we were running on 4 hours of sleep. We rented a car and drove to DC. The landscape in Virginia is beautiful, the trees are changing colors and it reminds me a lot of home. We were tired and it was raining but we decided this was a good time to visit Arlington Memorial Cemetery. The cemetery is so large it has shuttle buses you ride everywhere. We stopped at several areas including: the Kennedy gravesites, General Lee’s home before they buried soldiers on his lawn, and the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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| Eternal Flame at Kennedy Grave |
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| Field of soldiers |
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| General Lee's home |
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| Tomb of Unknown Soldier |
The tomb of the Unknown Soldier has the remains from WW2, WW1, and Korea that were never identified. They actually had a soldier from Vietnam but were able through DNA to identify him. The tomb of the Unknown Soldier is guarded by soldiers who are there no matter what; they also have a symbolic method of changing the guards that is pretty neat to watch. I never expected the cemetery was so large; it was a sobering site to see all the soldiers and famous people who were buried there. Even though it was raining and we got soaked, it was a worthwhile stop. After this we went to the Hilton Garden Inn-Arlington and went to sleep.
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