The District

With all the hustle and bustle of our daily lives here in DC, sometimes we take the city's beauty for granted.  My friend, MJH took these wonderful pictures of the monuments this weekend and was kind enough to let me share them!

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

The building contains a large seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and inscriptions of two well-known speeches by Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address and his Second Inaugural Address.

The Epitaph above Abraham Lincoln.

The view across the Reflecting Pool.

On the shore of the Tidal Basin is the Jefferson Memorial in honor of the Founding Father and 3rd President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. 

On the panel of the southwest interior wall are excerpts from the Declaration of Independence. 

The view from across the Potomac.