America the Beautiful....

Finally, a month later I am posting our vacation pictures.

We took over 500 photos, so choosing a few was like looking

for a needle in a haystack.

They are in random order of a variety of things we saw.

Gettysburg, PA

Battlefield

Brooklyn and a cannon Gettysburg. We have tons of pictures of cannons.

Lincoln and the kids walked the corn field.
A infamous part of the Gettysburg battlefield.
It goes from Seminary Ridge (Confederate)
to
Cemetery Ridge (Union)

Benjamin and a cannon at Fort McHenry.
The place the National Anthem was written.
During an attack by the British
Baltimore, MA

View of the Jefferson Memorial across the Potomac River
Washington D.C.



Benjamin, Bailee and Brooklyn
in
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, VA

The kids with a very reluctant Benjamin...
"Why do I have to wear ears?" :)
The biggest Teddy Bear Store in the US.
It had 4 floors of stuffed animals.
It was a stop specifically for Brooklyn.
Gettysburg, PA

The family and many others helping take down the flag at the end
of the day at Fort McHenry.
This flag was HUGE!!
The children in an Amish buggy.
Intercourse, PA.
Amish Country.
The children in front of a Great White Jaw.
National Aquarium
Baltimore, MA
The kids in bunks on the Submarine in Inner Harbor.
Baltimore, MA
National Firefighters Memorial.
Made after 9/11 depicting a picture taken at the site of the World Trade Center.
It is located at the Fire Academy and home of FEMA.
This is a cool place it is less than 5 miles from Camp David.
Emmetsburg, PA.
It is a huge statue.
Lincoln and the kids standing by.

Everywhere we go on vacation if there is a temple we take the kids to do

Baptisms for the Dead.

Here are Bailee and Benjamin at the Washington DC. temple.

They have done baptisms in London, St George, Manhattan and Washington DC. to name a few.

Iwo Jima Memorial

The whole family at Mount Vernon.

George Washington's home.

This estate is beautiful.

His tomb is here and is cool to see.

The Girls at the World War II Memorial

All of us in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

A reflection of the kids in the Vietnam Memorial.

This photo was my idea. We have a better one but it is flipped the other way

and I don't know how to rotate it. :)

The view of the Mall from the Capital Building.

It was an awesome vacation, full of history and learning.

It was also a very patriotic and meaningful trip.

Many times I felt myself almost in tears.

We saw so many things that reminded us to be grateful for the sacrifice

and hard work of all those who have come before us.

I am Proud to be an American!!