The Washington Monument

Everyone knows George Washington had a huge impact on the founding of our nation in several important ways.

And his monument looks fairly simple. But one thing that we never noticed until this trip was that his monument is visible from almost everywhere in DC, symbolizing GW's far reaching shadow and impact on our nation.

Here it's a powerful backdrop while at the WWII Memorial.

And likewise here it is on the other side of the reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial. Mom can't ever get no love from a teenage boy.

And here it is at the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial.

And there it is at the Tidal Basin on the other side of the Jefferson Memorial.

Everywhere you go in DC, the Monument stands as a striking testimony to the sacrifice and leadership that GW gave for our nation.