{"id":97,"date":"2006-07-13T17:46:39","date_gmt":"2006-07-13T22:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/?p=97"},"modified":"2009-11-08T18:17:13","modified_gmt":"2009-11-08T23:17:13","slug":"thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/?p=97","title":{"rendered":"Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Started ealy again today leaving the hotel 8:00 to head to Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington. Here is a pic of a cool thing in Chinatown I snapped on our way to the metro&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1142.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1142\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1142-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>We had to transfer to a local bus to get to Mount Vernon. We had some time to kill&#8230;   <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1144.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1144\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1144-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Here is the front of the mansion. They are doing a lot of work on it so it does not look in the best of shape on the outside.   <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1145.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1145\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1145-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Here is Washington&#8217;s tomb&#8230;   <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1148.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1148\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1148-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>After, we stopped of in Pentagon City for lunch at a mall. Then on to Arlington Cemetery.   <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1152.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1152-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>     <br \/>JFK&#8217;s tomb and eternal flame&#8230;    <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1154.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1154\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1154-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Then there was the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier&#8230;   <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1160.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1160\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1160-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>     <br \/>And the changing of the guard&#8230;    <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1162.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1162\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1162-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>In Arlington Cemetery is General Lee&#8217;s house. this huge tree was next to it&#8230;   <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1165.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1165\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1165\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1165-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The quote of the day came during the tour. There is a Confederate section of the cemetery. The headstones have points on the top instead of just curved. That is so &quot;No d**** Yankees can sit on &#8217;em.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>We then went to the Vietnam Memorial. Here are a couple of pics for Donna&#8230;   <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1167.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1167\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1167-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>     <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1169.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1169\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1169-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And for Mom &amp; Dad&#8230;   <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1059.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1059\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1059\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1059-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>We swung by the White House for a couple of pics since we could not take a camera yesterday&#8230;   <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1170.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_1170\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1170-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Then back to the metro to dinner and hotel. We are pooped and going to bed early. More tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Started ealy again today leaving the hotel 8:00 to head to Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington. Here is a pic of a cool thing in Chinatown I snapped on our way to the metro&#8230; We had to transfer to a local bus to get to Mount Vernon. 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