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Tag Archives: Memorial
James Garfield Memorial – my 6th cousin
The only thing I knew about James Garfield was he was once U.S. president. I would have struggled to write a fifth-grade report on him But coming across Garfield’s memorial on the U.S. Capitol grounds intrigued me into learning more. … Continue reading
Remembering a terrorist act on Embassy Row
The first impression is it’s some sort of fire plug. Instead, it remembers a terrorist act along Embassy Row. Chilean exile Orlando Letelier and co-worker Ronni Moffitt were killed by a car bomb on Sept. 21, 1976 where the monument … Continue reading
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Tagged Best DC walking tour, Bomb on Embassy row, car bomb, Chile, Memorial, Orlando Letelier, Ronni Moffitt, Washington D.C.
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Space Shuttle Challenger remembered at Arlington
It’s one of those moments we all remember. The Space Shuttle Challenger exploding just 73.5 seconds after leaving Cape Kennedy on Jan. 28, 1986. An o-ring in the right booster rocket leaking hot gasses that led to the fuel tank … Continue reading
The general of them all – Alexander Macomb
It’s not often you’ll see a monument with Greek, Roman and Egyptian markings, but Gen. Alexander Macomb’s 14-foot marker at Congressional Cemetery has them all. The general is surrounded by four lions paws. A sword for his military career, cross … Continue reading
Senator Cushman Kellogg was a renaissance man
In the very back corner of Arlington National Cemetery, and I’ll give you a special merit badge for finding this memorial under a tree by the superintendent’s residence, lies one of the special politicians of the post-Civil War era. Cushman … Continue reading
A memorial in an Arlington crossroads
It’s not unusual for a monument to be moved. Happens more often than you’d expect. And it’s not unusual for a memorial to be updated with a second use. But here’s one that includes three wars and was relocated to … Continue reading
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Tagged Arlington, Best Washington DC walking tours, Memorial, Photos by Rick Snider, Va.
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DAR Memorial remembers its founding mothers?
I used to think the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) were a bunch of old bluebloods caught in the past. And then my wife whacked me. No, Lisa just set me straight since she’s a member. Turns out it’s … Continue reading
Remembering the soul of a poet: Kahlil Gibran
There are plenty of memorials to foreigners that I really don’t understand, and this might be the most perplexing of all. I read two short biographies of the man and still not sure why a $1 million memorial across the … Continue reading
The Geronimo marker, well sorta
Sometimes a really strange marker hits you when passing by. Wait, was that Geronimo surrendering in Arlington National cemetery? Well, yes it is, but the marker celebrates the person buried there who captured the Apache leader — George Crook. Located … Continue reading
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant Memorial is thrilling
It’s the emotion more than the sheer size of the Gen. Ulysses. S. Grant Memorial that makes it a titan. You can hear the bugler play. A cavalry man about to die under the crush of hooves while a comrade … Continue reading
