The DC Traveler

Is there a town in America with more monuments and memorials than Washington, DC?  I doubt it.

So with so many of them, it’s easy to miss a few, so here’s a recap of Monument Monday posts from the past few months.

• The Washington Monument - Just 897 steps to the top.
• The Albert Einstein Monument - Brains to the power of 12.
• George Washington Masonic National Memorial - The Freemasons, that mysterious group of founding-fathers.
• U.S. Navy Memorial - Dedicated to the fighting sailor.
• Vietnam Woman’s Memorial - the unrecognized heroes of the Vietnam War.
• The Titanic - Memorializing one of the worst maritime disasters in history. 
• The FDR Memorial - A New Deal for America.

• U.S. Air Force Memorial - Off we go, into the wild blue yonder.
• The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial - The Original Rough Rider - “Teddy”.
• The Lincoln Memorial - One of America’s most important Presidents, he saved a divided nation.

• The Jefferson Memorial - “Hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”
• The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - 58,000 names, 58,000 lives cut short.
• National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial - Since the first killing of a police officer in 1792, more than 17,500 more have died in the line of duty.
• And in case you missed last Monday’s The DC Traveler,  I wrote about the National World War II Memorial, dedicated to America’s greatest generation.

And yes, there are tons more — some big and well-known, some hidden away and mostly forgotten. So keep tuning in to The DC Traveler on Mondays for more Monument Mondays.

Images - all photos from personal collection.
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