Washington DC, USA, a city with monuments, and even more monuments

Washington is a city with bright shiny buildings and endless monuments, each separated by a long walk or a taxi ride if you can find one.

We might have picked the wrong day, shortly after new years day when the crowds were missing along with everything else.  Or, conversely, it was probably the right time to go, when we didn't have to battle the crowds.

Sunny but very cold, the walking warmed us up.

First stop was the Lincoln Memorial



It was built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.

It is located on the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., across from the Washington Monument.



The building is in the form of a Greek Doric temple and contains a large seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and inscriptions of two well-known speeches by Lincoln.

The next stop was the Washington Monument



The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington. Construction of the monument began in 1848 and not completed until 1888.  It was officially opened October 9, 1888.

We then took a taxi ride to the Jefferson Memorial



This monument is dedicated to Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), one of the most important of the American Founding Fathers as the main drafter and writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Construction of the building began in 1939 and was completed in 1943.

The bronze statue of Jefferson was added in 1947.