Wyoming Station, the beginning of our trip, Friday 6:30 am
Sleepy Elena and Mama at Wyoming Station
Elena eating a blueberry bar waiting for the train at North Station
More bar
Papi and Elena on the Train leaving South Station
Elena looking for treats on the train
They're setting up the stages, note the hundreds of small American flags for some in the background
more staging
The Washington Monument from afar
Did Pepsi change their logo to resemble Obama or vice versa?
Pepsi, the taste of the Obama generation
The Woolworth's lunchcounter. The power of the individual.
The chairs Lee and Grant sat in, ending the American Civil War
Pretty powerful, from the History museum, a silver star from an Iraq War I vet left at the Vietnam War wall with a note from son to father. Say what you want about our wars, but our warriors are without equal.
Pieces of the World Trade Center
The Medals of Honor
Elena's picture of the cafeteria at the History Museum. Wow did we break a window?
Probably the only train we didn't take this weekend.
The baby backpack which will remind me not to gain another thirty pounds.
Doing my Constitution Ave shuffle
Moving up to the Second Division Memorial
At the Second Division me
My grandfather served in the Second Infantry Division for a while, this memorial actually commemorates their service in WWI though.
First "folks" photo, trying to get our pic taken with people from as many places as possible, Illinois and California now.
Weird dude walking in front of us, if I were secret service, I'd be following him around
As Elena calls it "Obama's House"
smiling through the stomach flu
no, my mom wasn't set up here
sick in DC
on the Circulator
The "RED" bus
GW: the hospital that Reagan went to when he was shot
Entrance to Arlington
The Wreathes at Arlington
My grandfather's tombstone
my grandmother's tombstone, who Elena got her middle name from
me and E at papi's grave
no, not that grammie Elena
my grandparents neighbors in eternity
more hallowed ground
Elena gets cool
Elena not throwing up on her father's jacket
4th Infantry Memorial
Seabee's Memorial
Spanish American War memorial (note spelling of Porto Rico"
frozen C and O canal
frozen potomac
from the Memorial Bridge
approaching Lincoln Memorial from Arlington
Lincoln Memorial
The Vietnam statue
The Vietnam Memorial MLK Day
The Vietnam Nurse memorial
Just waiting for some idiot to walk on the ice
The WWII Memorial
Each state and territory has a monument
Cool stuff
More cool quotes
The WWII memorial has some cool bas reliefs and really is a victory memorial of Roman type design
Washington Monument from afar
The different varieties of marble
For the most part this seemed like a middle class, left-moderate celebration, the lunatics seemed to be lacking
The Mall
Becky saunters toward the thousands of portapotties
Barack telescreens a sign of the new generation
MSNBC
Some evangelicals
Getting closer to the Capitol
Me and Elena in front of the Capitol
Redux
Elena and mama out in the cold
We try to get sickie some calories through a fruit tart at some overpriced chichi french bakery
sickie gets up in the morning
Obamaniacs in front of a humvee
more security
Approaching the lincoln memorial from the GW side
Cool little girl in a Bad Brains/Obama shirt
The Gettysburg Address
our first stopping point Inauguration morning
The family and Mr. Lincoln
view across the reflecting pool
the family in front of the washington monument
crowd sitting on the steps of the Lincoln
the Lincoln memorial
The Korean War Memorial
Korean War memorial quote
Elena before she threw her sickie tantrum
Baltimore from the train
