What we did in DC and Gettysburg!

Ryan's mom came to town at the end of September and we did all kinds of fun things! We showed her around Baltimore a little and then we spent a three day weekend in Washington DC. I loved seeing all of the monuments I read about in history! We walked down then entire National Mall and saw the Capitol building, Washington Monument, WWII monument, the Lincoln Memorial (uh-mazing) and Reflecting pool, and the Vietnam Memorial. We also visited FOUR museums, the National Botanic Garden, the Arlington National Cemetery and saw Driving Miss Daisy at the Ford Theater. In order to keep this from getting super long and boring I'll just dump my favorite photos from the week. I'll also include photos from our trip to Gettysburg at the end of her stay. The leaves were already starting to change in Pennsylvania so it was absolutely beautiful! I can't wait for it to look that here in Baltimore.
The White House!

Because of the Copperas Cove guy there was an extra security fence so we couldn't get close enough to stick our phones through the fence to get a good close up picture.

The Washington Monument

The Lincoln Monument-it's a lot bigger than it looks on a penny. Ha!


View from the Lincoln Monument looking East

The Capitol Building

The Natural History Museum-The Hope Diamond

The American History Museum-Archie and Edith's chairs from All in the Family

The American History Museum-Dorothy's ruby slippers!

American History Museum-The actual suit worn by George Washington in the painting below

American History Museum-Portrait of George Washington

American History Museum- Michelle Obama's dress
There was a whole exhibit of all of the First Ladies' inauguration dresses-BEAUTIFUL.

The Ford Theater - The outside is being renovated

The house across the street from Ford Theater where Lincoln died.

Inside Ford Theater - above us is the Presidential box, no changes have been made to it.

The actual gun used by Henry Wilkes Booth

Arlington National Cemetery

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

The Eternal Flame and the graves of JFK and Jackie Kennedy

Gettysburg! This is apart of  the battlefield.

Gettysburg Battlefield Tour

Gettysburg National Cemetery - It was at the dedication of this cemetery, beside this monument, where Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address.

It was absolutely amazing getting to see our country's history up close. To walk where our very first president walked, to sit in the same theater and Abraham Lincoln. To walk on land where thousands of men died for our country's freedom and then for the freedom of slaves. It was a humbling experience to say the least, and I will never forget it. 

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