I will be visiting Washington, D.C. over spring break this year. My wife and I are currently researching the area for sights, hotels and places to eat. We want to stay close to the metro system and some good restaurants. A room with a view is probably out of the question.
I have a long list of items to photograph while I am in D.C. Below is a list of my photographic agenda:
- Arlington National Cemetery
- President John F. Kennedy
- First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis
- Robert Kennedy, U. S. Attorney General
- Senator Edward Kennedy
- Col. James Swindal, Air Force One pilot
- Cecil W. Stoughton, White House photographer
- Evelyn Norton Lincoln, president’s personal secretary
- Dr. George Burkley, president’s physician
- Malcolm MacGregor Kilduff, White House Spokesman
- Arthur Goldberg, Secretary of Labor
- Marriman Smith, United Press International
- Justice Early Warren, Warren Commission
- Senator John Sherman Cooper, Warren Commission
- Stephen John Roman, my grandfather
- Congressional Cemetery
- J. Edgar Hoover, FBI Director
- Congressman Hale Boggs Jr., Warren Commission
- White House
- East Room where President Kennedy lay in repose
- U.S. Capitol Building
- Capitol Rotunda where President Kennedy lay in state
- U.S. National Archives
- National Museum of American History
- Lee Harvey Oswald’s rifle
- Georgetown
- The residence where Mrs. Kennedy stayed after leaving the White House
- Martin Luther King Memorial
- Ford’s Theater
- Madame Tussauds
- President Kennedy and Johnson wax figures
- They have Jacqueline Kennedy in the pink wool suit! Score!
I’ll be spending a day at Arlington National Cemetery all by myself. My wife has promised to go shopping while I am busy photographing history. I hope she does not spend too much.
I previously visited Washington, D.C. and Arlington National Cemetery in the 1990s.
My first visit was for my grandfather’s funeral. My grandfather made a career out of the Air Force serving in World War II and a couple of other skirmishes. It was a beautiful service with a horse-drawn carriage and a twenty-one gun salute. Too bad I was not into Holgas then.
My second trip was with my grandmother. She used to live in D.C. with my grandfather. I though she would be a good tour guide, but she was just as lost as I was. Oh well, we had a good time anyway.
Let me know if I need to send you a post card. Cheers.
