Vietnam Veterans Memorial Washington DC

Just across from the Lincoln Memorial, East of Henry Bacon Dr. between 21st and 22nd sts. NW Washington DC , District of Columbia, United States - Phone: 202-426-6841

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    Museum en Memorial Dag

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    Vandaag een drukke dag. We staan op tijd op omdat we, ook al vooraf in Nederland, een tour door het Capitool geboekt hebben. Weer met de taxi er naar toe, wat gaat dat snel. Het weer is mooi, zonnig en warm dus blauwe lucht, altijd leuk voor foto's. De tour valt iets tegen, je ziet maar een paar zalen en de gids praat amerikaans op een frans tempo …

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    Capitol city

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    First off – how many people reading this know what DC stands for? Took me a couple of days walking past buildings saying District of Columbia to realise J

    We stayed at the most amazing B&B, Mount Vernon Square B&B (in the district of Mount Vernon Square, not at Mount Vernon Square – as we realised after carrying 50kg of …

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    Trek America has started!!!

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    Travelled about 329km.

    Song: Skip James - Washington D.C. Hospital Centre Blues

    We both got up early about 6.45am to get ready. I got downstairs on my own, because Nat werent ready yet. ,) Just a few minutes later another guy joint me. He is from China, but couldnt remember his name. Lol. Its just too early! ,) soon after that, a …

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    Asbestos Training

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    I left Madrid on Aer Lingus which has a code share with United Airlines. This is a direct flight from Madrid to Dulles, Virginia. The flight was supposed to have been eight hours long; however, because of the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland, the flight time will be 9:45. We had to divert quite a ways south to safely miss the ash cloud. This was a …

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    Day 8 - Washington DC

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    ... are all very close to one another and so we got off the bus and explored these memorials on foot.  The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is very moving with thousands of names etched into black granite.  Sometimes you would see someone doing a ...

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    Washington DC

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    ... the Capitol, we walked down the Mall towards the Washington Monument. We checked out the World War II memorial (cool), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (cooler) and the Korean War Memorial (coolest). The Korean Memorial had like life sized soldier statues ...

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    Washington DC

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    ... children. The ‘quiet please’ sign was no longer visible among the fluorescent T-shirts. After a visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial where the list of names was overwhelming, we walked back to Rhod and Lydia’s flat - having ...

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    Washington DC

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    ... mono Lincoln Memorial Thomas Jefferson Memorial WWII Memorial Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Korean War Veterans Memorial Vietnam Veterans Memorial  There are a number of companies offering bus tours but everywhere is walk-able especially for ...

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    The Capital

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    ... memorial,by the reflecting pool and up to Lincoln's Memorial. Another awesome sight. To the left of Lincoln's is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial...it brought tears to my eyes, Connor said,"How Horrible."(referring to the death of all the men listed on the ...

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    Washington D.C. -- Our National Treasures

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    ... 1000 lives lost in the conflict). On the northwestern end of the Mall is the cleverly designed and extremely moving Vietnam Veterans Memorial.  The Vietnam War was certainly controversial, but the treatment and disdain shown our ...

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    Dinner and Memorials

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    ... War Memorial, and the Lincoln Memorial. My favorite (Leah) was the Lincoln Memorial because the statue of Lincoln was impressive. I (Janelle) liked the Vietnam Veterans Memorial because one of the last names of the soldier was McCain. ...

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    Historic Monuments and Memorials

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    ... step where Martin Luther King Jr gave his "I have a dream" speech in 1963. On the way to the next stop is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, clean and stark, but that it stretches so far to put 58,000 names on that wall is sobering.  The day we were ...

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    Washington

    ... written it is playscript to add a touch of drama to an otherwise arid anecdote. Tour Guide (TG): Up ahead is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on which the names of all those who perished in the conflict are inscribed. Just past that is the monument ...

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    Monumental Monuments

    ... first stop was the Lincoln Memorial, even more impressive than what you seen TV, it was then a short walk to the Vietnam Veterans memorial. Quite a sobering experience to see how many lives were lost. From here we went to the Washington Memorial and then ...