Tomb of the UnGnome Soldier, and July 4th in DC

Saturday morning we started off with a visit to the White House (casa de Obama) then headed to Arlington National Cemetery for a very moving experience. We watched the Changing of the guards at the tomb of the unknown soldiers and we went into Robert E. Lee's house. We also went to Kennedy's grave site with the eternal flame. Afterward we took a short nap before meeting some friends from WKU on the National Mall for the 4th of July Fireworks! This was really cool and I am sure that I took way to many pictures, but hey... who's counting.

Arlington National Cemetery


Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during the changing of the guard ceremony

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during the changing of the guard ceremony

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

View from Robert E. Lee's front porch

View from the Lee Front Porch

The Robert E. Lee House and Robert Kennedy's Grave

Casa de Obama

The White House

Arlington National Cemetery


Fireworks on the Mall
Fireworks on the mall

Protest and Portraits

Look I am alive!

So the original plan today was to go to the Native American Museum and the National Archives... Yea, that didn't happen. In stead, mom text me and said that there was an Iranian Protest outside the White House. After pursuing the news, we went there and watched for a little while. Then we met Charles at Ollies Trolly for lunch. Lastly we wandered up toward the National Portrait Galleries. This was very cool. I even got my picture taken with W. Check it out.

Gnome next to the FBI Bomb Defusing Truck

Part of the many protesters outside the White House

The Iranian Protest

There was a very structured group leading the Iran Protest

One of many protests from around the world today

The wife of the candidate for president

Statue of Liberty at the National Portrait Gallery

Hahaha these are the biggest yuppy tours

Burma Protest kind of took over and became the largest one.

FDR Bust in the Portrait Gallery

Casa De Obama

Went to the White House today had our own tour guide with Charles Badger. He did an excellent job explaining every portrait and detail about the East Wing. The other is a picture of the capitol building out of the Russel Senate Office Building Lobby. I am going to have to go back and take that one again not on a cell phone.