Jefferson Memorial
This Ionic Temple of white marble designed according to the
taste displayed by Thomas Jefferson in his own design of Monticello, near Charlottesville. the statue is by Rudolph Evans.
Jefferson Memorial
As seen at night acros the Tidal basin in April when the cherry trees are in bloom.
Thomas Jefferson
Immortalized in bronze in the beautiful memorial which honors him.
The Lincoln Memorial
Located at the west end of the Mall, on the banks of the Potomac River, the white Colorado marble
memorial containing 36 Doric columns, representing the number of states in the Union at the time of his death, is a fitting memorial to a great President and humanitarian.
Lincoln Statue
The Lincoln Memorial interior houses this famous statue by Daniel Chester French.
It is 19 feet high and made of 20 blocks of crystaline marble perfectly interlocked.
George Washington Birthplace
Located about 40 miles east of Fredericksburg, Va on the south side of the Potomac,
just off State Hwy No 3, first settled by John Washington, the great-grandfather
of George Washington.
In 1730, Augustine married his second wife, Mary Ball, and brought her to his home on the site
of the present mansion, where Goerge Washington was born in 1732.
Manassas National Battlefield Park
In the battle of First Manassas, or Bull Run, Thomas Jonathan Jackson won immortality as "Stonewall" Jackson. His statue stands on Henry House Hill.
Richmond, Virginia
William Byrd Park showing Swan lake, a refuge for ducks and swans, one of three lakes in the park.
Berkeley Plantation
Most visited of the great James River plantations located along scenic route 5 between Williamsburg and Richmond;
ancestral home of two Presidents of the USA;
site of the first Thanksgiving in America (1619); beautifully restored.
Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia
The most famous hostelry of 18th Century Williamsburg, offering accommodation and entertainment
to many patriots who helped to make history at the Capitol, ablock away.
Public Gaol, Williamsburg
Blackbeard's Pirates, captured in 1718, were imprisoned here before being hanged. Debtors and criminals were confined here.
Pillory, stocks and whipping post are favorite camera subjects.
Governor's Palace, Williamsburg
An 18th Century carriage stands before the residence of the Royal Governor of Virginia, one of the most elegant mansions in colonial America. The formal
gardens show the lavishness of the period.
The Colonial Williamsburg Militia
Fires its 200 hundred year old Brown Bess muskets from a defensive square.
The Captain and the colors are posted in the center.
The militia drills twice a week in Williamsburg
on the Market Sques near the restored Magazine.
Spinning and Weaving
Deft-fingered housewives, as in colonial days,
spin flaxon by hand and fashion beautiful fabrices on an 18th Century loom located in the
Greenhow Lumber House.
Wright Memorial Shaft, Kill Devil Hills. NC
The striking Wright Memorial Shaft, a triangular pylon of grey granite, 60 feet high,
commemorates the first successful airplane flight achieved
by Wilbur and Orville Wright on December 17,1903. Its sides ornamented with outspread wings in bas-relief, the shaft gives to the eye
the impression of a giant bird about to take off into space.
