GREAT FALLS OF THE POTOMAC

Great Falls combines several waterfalls and several cascades. The power of this waterfall is second only to Niagara in the US.

UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT

Eight Justices and one Chief Justice deliberate on some of our nation's most difficult legal issues. This view from a nearby park path is more inviting than the more typical view.

US CAPITOL AT SUNSET

This is the "east front" (not the back) of the US Capitol. The west front gets more photos, but more people enter the East Front (fewer steps).

US CAPITOL AT SUNSET

Congress is in recess and the contractors working on the west front have finished for the day. This place can be peaceful.

WASHINGTON MONUMENT AT CHERRY BLOSSOM TIME

When completed in 1884, the Washington Monument was the tallest monument in the world. It has been surpassed by the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the San Jacinto Monument in La Porte, Texas, and the Juche Tower in Pyongyang, North Korea. The cherry trees were a gift from the Mayor of Tokyo to the United States in 1912. The gift celebrates the friendship between the Japanese and American people. On this particular warm sunny day in March, it seemed like everyone in the city wanted to walk around the tidal basin. It was a very friendly crowd.

THE REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. MEMORIAL

This memorial is a short walk from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where Dr. King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech. In the background are the Washington Monument and the blooming cherry trees. I vividly recall watching the "Dream" speech when I was 10. As a white boy in a white neighborhood in Terre Haute, IN I had been introduced to two black people in my life. As inexperienced as I was, I could tell that the speech was a powerful message that would spark changes.

WASHINGTON MONUMENT AT NIGHT

On a cool fall evening, a stroll around the tidal basin produces some great views of the monuments.

WASHINGTON MONUMENT AND REFLECTING POOL AT SUNRISE

A new day dawns on Washington DC.

LINCOLN MEMORIAL

The statue of Abraham Lincoln looks down the reflecting pool toward the Washington Monument. The walls of the memorial are inscribed with text from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and his 2nd Inaugural Address. The Gettysburg Address is better known. The 2nd inaugural address is more poignant. "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."

LINCOLN MEMORIAL

Abraham Lincoln is an imposing figure.

LINCOLN MEMORIAL AT SUNRISE

As a new day dawns, sunlight starts filtering into the Lincoln Memorial.

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Sunrise is a great time for photography. The sun is rising behind the US Capitol and the Washington Monument. This shot is looking through the north colonnade of the Lincoln Memorial.

JEFFERSON MEMORIAL AT SUNSET

The lights come on at the Jefferson Memorial as the sun sets over the Tidal Basin.

JEFFERSON MEMORIAL AT SUNSET

You can see the silhouette of Jefferson's statue as the sun sets.

JEFFERSON STATUE INSIDE MEMORIAL

It's the golden hour at the Jefferson Memorial.

JEFFERSON MEMORIAL AT NIGHT

The Jefferson Memorial presents a striking view as it reflects in the tidal basin.

Gravestones in Arlington National Cemetary

The Arlington House (aka Custis Lee mansion) is on the hilltop.

Arlington House above Kennedy Gravesite

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Changing of the guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier

Guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier