Washington DC: Vietnam Memorial, Washington Monument, and Lincoln Memorial

Saturday was a big walking day, and a big seeing day.  This is the Locksmiths house.  I don't know who this guy was but apparently he was important enough to have his house preserved...  Good for him!

 On the Map it showed a memorial to the Declaration of Independence.  We had no idea what to expect, and were pleasantly surprised to find this beautiful lake, with weeping willow trees.  

 Next stop was the Vietnam Memorial.  This was the most crowded memorial (proportionally) by far.  I have a feeling that it is because there are ton of Veterans around. 

 One of the coolest effects of the memorial is that the black stone reflects.  It is really cool to see your reflected in the names of those who died.  

 After we the Vietnam Memorial we walked over the the Lincoln Memorial.  You may be looking at this picture and thinking "Mallory, that is not Lincoln."  Well you're correct.  This is the tall pointy building (Washington Monument) from the stair of the Washington Monument. We were super bummed because the reflection pool was drained and full of construction.  It made this view A LOT less spectacular.

 This is the Lincoln Memorial. A group of cigar smoking bikers took this picture for us!  We took a picture for them, as soon as they handed us the camera they all pulled out HUGE cigars.  Nothing like celebrating freedom with a nice cigar.

 Brent in front of Lincoln. Two great men right there!

 Another Great picture of the monument.

 This memorial is crowded, but it really wasn't to bad.  I accidentally got in this shot.  Looking through this I noticed that there is a lot of pictures doing my own thing as Brent snaps away!

The memorials are amazing.  On the side wall of the Lincoln Memorial is the Four Score Speech.  I enjoyed reading it, and getting a feel for what Lincoln had to do to unite the country during a really difficult time.  I am really glad he did!