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The bus passed through the Georgetown part of the city coming back from the National Cathedral.  This is a very pretty quaint part of town made up of mostly row houses and building.  It would be a great place to live in Washington if you could afford it.

The next stop we made was Arlington National Cemetery.  There are a few standard stops to make in the cemetery like the grave of John Kennedy with it's eternal flame going.

Arlington was originally Robert E. Lee's plantation and as a punishment for taking sides with the south,  they confiscated the land to be used as it is today.  His house still stands in the middle of it all just a couple hundred yards up the hill from the Kennedy grave.

Of course we had to check out the tomb of the unknown soldier and the changing of the guard.

This is a classic few in Arlington, where the grave stones line up at most any angle you look at them.

Along the bus route from Arlington to the National Mall we passed by the Watergate Hotel, made famous by the scandal of the Nixon cover ups of the election break in.

We had a great view across the tidal basin to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial.

George was not home the days we were in DC, so we did not bother going up to the front door to say hi.

On our way to the Lincoln Memorial are a couple important stops like this.  This is the World War II Memorial.  There is a set of columns for the Pacific part of the war.

And a mirror image of the same for the Atlantic part of the war.

One of the busiest places was the Vietnam War Memorial.  This one is by far the most personal, since all the names are right there in front of you.  It is also neat to see several people leaving items and charcoal rubbings of the names of their loved ones.

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