Washington D.C. Trip
by Saige Riddick
Washington D.C.
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial and Jefferson Memorial
Marine Corps/Iwo Jima and Vietnam Memorial
The U.S Capitol
The Supreme Court
The Air and Space and American History Museums
Arlington National Cemetery
The Arlington National Cemetery conducts between 27 and 30 funeral services each week day and between 6 and 8 on Saturdays. The grounds of Arlington honor those who have served our nation. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier stands atop a hill overlooking Washington. On March 4,1921, Congress approved the burial of an unidentified soldier from WW1 in the plaza of the new Memorial Amphitheater. Audie Murphy wanted to join the marines but he was too short. He settled on the infantry, enlisting to become nothing less than one of the most decorated heroes of WW2. The Maine Mast Monument, bounded on two sides by Sigsbee Drive, is named after Adm. Charles Dwight Sigsbee, who commanded the vessel as a captain at the time of its destruction. On November 22 1963, while on a campaign trip to Dallas, President Kennedy was shot and killed. There are only to US presidents buried in Arlington Cemetery, Kennedy along with William Howard Taft.