April 26, 2008
A slightly further-away shot of the USS Barry at Navy Yard. Some history, all taken from the nice pamphlet they gave out:
The USS Barry is a destroyer in the Forrest Sherman class, commissioned in September 1956 in Boston. The Barry originally had an overall length of 418 feet, but was later extended for sonar. She can accommodate 22 officers and 315 enlisted sailors. The Barry participated in the Cuban Quarantine during the Missile Crisis in October 1962, and later served in Vietnam and Korea. She was credited with destroying over 1000 “enemy structures.” The Barry was decommissioned in 1982 and designated as a permanent “visit ship” at the Washington Navy Yard.
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April 25, 2008
Today we went to Navy Yard! After quite a walk – you have to wander all the way around before you find the visitors’ entrance – we finally found the Navy Museum. They have a great display ship and quite a big museum, with all kinds of cool stuff covering the whole history of the Navy.
This is the ship outside (or a section of it) – the Destroyer USS Barry, commissioned in 1956. Another pic tomorrow!
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April 16, 2008
Another pic from Arlington National Cemetery. According to the brochure I picked up, the cemetery is the resting place for over 290,000 servicemen, women, and their families, and an additional 24 burials take place every day.
The land for the cemetery formerly belonged to the family of Robert E. Lee, and Congress paid Lee’s heir $150,000 for the title to the land.
About the Tomb of the Unknowns, pictured yesterday – this is the burial site of an unknown serviceman who served in WWI and was buried in 1921. Later, unknown servicemen from WWII and Korea were also interred at the site. The Third U.S. Infantry maintains a round-the-clock vigil in front of the Tomb.
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April 15, 2008
The marine honor guard in front of the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.
More to follow tomorrow, but it’s late!
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March 13, 2008
The statue of Gandhi in front of the Indian Embassy on Massachusetts Ave. From the description on the Indian Embassy webpage:
The sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi is cast in bronze as a statue to a height of 8 feet 8 inches. It shows Gandhi in stride, as a leader and man of action evoking memories of his 1930 protest march against salt-tax, and the many padyatras (long marches) he undertook throughout the length and breadth of the Indian sub-continent.
The inscription on the base reads “My life is my message.”
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March 5, 2008
This is one of the lions that guard the entrance of the Eden Center, the plaza of Vietnamese shopping and restaurants near my house in Falls Church. From their website:
Vietnamese food and culture make the Eden Center America’s premier Asian center containing approximately 120 stores and is located on Wilson Boulevard at Seven Corners in Fall Church, Virginia.
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February 18, 2008
After a weekend away (yay for federal holidays!) it’s back to DC today. This is the fountain at Dupont Circle, where Connecticut Ave intersects with 19th and P St NW.
The fountain honors Samuel Francis DuPont, a Rear Admiral in the US Navy who served in the Mexican-American War and in the Civil War. The current fountain (which replaced an earlier statue of DuPont himself) was installed in 1921, and the figures represent the sea, the wind, and the stars.
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