Memorial Archives - What To See In Washington DC

DC’s Competing WWI Memorials

MemorialsMay 18, 2024432Views 0Likes 0Comments

A sixty-foot-long bronze sculpture with 38 figures is going up here in downtown Washington, DC. Sculptor Sabin Howard focuses on the journey of a WWI survivor in his developing, monumental sculpture. Set in Pershing Park, next to the White House, it will reimagine our WWI memorial. People gravitate to sculpted human figures, not stark, theoretical…

Lost at Sea Remembered in DC

MemorialsNovember 11, 2022213Views 0Likes 0Comments

When the guns of WWI fell silent on November 11, 1918, these United States of America had been at war for just one year. Some local soldiers didn't return to victory parades. Only their names appeared, carved on the DC War Memorial. The WWI Memorial in DC John Francis Moriarty enlisted in the Navy. He was…

Beginning a Year of Mount Vernon

MuseumsJune 30, 2022368Views 0Likes 0Comments

It's been 4 years and 3 months since we last visited Mount Vernon. We last went for free on Presidents Day. The problem with free is that all the other freeloaders like us showing up. It clogs the place up. Full parking lots, long lines, and winter weather stole some of the fun from the…

Observing Memorial Day in DC

Holidays, MemorialsMay 30, 2022402Views 0Likes 0Comments

I hung the American flag on the front porch as soon as I got up this morning. Holidays always start out promising, before restlessness sets in with the kids out of their normal routines. If you feel the same way, download our free printables to give the kids something to do. Visiting Arlington National Cemetery…

The Lincoln Memorial Centennial

MemorialsMay 27, 2022371Views 0Likes 0Comments

Fifty-seven years after President Abraham Lincoln’s death, the nation dedicated a national memorial to him. The Lincoln Memorial joined the Washington Monument on the National Mall in the most prominent space.

Prince Among His Brothers

MemorialsApril 27, 2022397Views 0Likes 0Comments

On April 22, 1979, the National Academy of Sciences dedicated a twelve-foot tall, four-ton statue of Albert Einstein in Washington, DC. They created the statue in recognition of his exalted place among scientists. The sculptor, Robert Berks, produced portraits of over 300 famous people including John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr, and Ernest Hemingway.…

Remembering the Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine

MemorialsFebruary 15, 2022617Views 0Likes 0Comments

Arlington National Cemetery contains thousands of unidentified graves. The most famous of which is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, visited by millions every year. But just behind the tomb and its amphitheater you can find another memorial to obscure soldiers- those of the U.S.S. Maine. On this day in 1898, the battleship exploded off…