Can we talk about the gorgeousness that is the Navy-Merchant Marine Memorial? My husband is a runner and runs a lot of trails around the area and he saw this memorial in Lady Bird Johnson Park but didn’t know what it was for so we decided to stop to check this one off on our statue quest.
This memorial honors the American sailors and marines killed at sea during World War I and was completed in 1934.
It’s a memorial that’s off the beaten path for me but so unexpectedly beautiful. I also loved all of the red tulips surrounding the memorial.
I couldn’t find much online about the memorial but it was definitely a beautiful gem off of the GW Parkway.
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My husband and I have decided to visit every statue in (and around) Washington, DC. Right now my list consists of 121 statues in Washington, DC – that’s a lot. We work in DC and drive by these awesome monuments every day without a second thought. We stumbled on one the other day and I thought who is this guy? Why’d he get a statue? What’s his history? And then Statue Quest was born!
The first stop on our quest was to Theodore Roosevelt Island. It’s right across from the Georgetown Waterfront off of the GW Parkway on the Virginia side. First of all, I didn’t even know that this little island existed! I feel like I just wasn’t in the know until now.
This former overgrown farmland has been turned into a forest memorial to conservationist and outdoorsman President Theodore Roosevelt. There are trails to walk and in the middle is this gorgeous monument to our 26th president of the United States.
There were four large stone walls with quotes from Roosevelt about manhood, nature, youth and the state. Oh and the statue of Roosevelt is HUGE!
That’s my husband trying to give the President a high five. He’s just a few feet short.
And I seem incredibly small in comparison. I think I’m going to like this challenge to finding all the statues in DC. And the added bonus is I might learn a few new things along the way. For more information on Roosevelt Island please go to the Parks Department for information.
I love a project, even if it’s just for something fun. The husband and I are on a quest to visit every statue in Washington, DC. We have a list of 120 statues – some we actually walk by every day and haven’t really noticed! For me it’s about exploring this city and adding a history element to it that my husband will love. I plan on sharing our photos and things we find out here since this is a blog about my life. Yesterday we checked off Roosevelt at Roosevelt Island and the Navy-Merchant Marine Memorial but I’ll have more pictures later on. I think this is a fun little quest and I’m curious how long it will take us! Is it just me, or do you come up with silly adventures like this too?
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Last night my husband and I did something a little different than in years past, we took a boat tour of the Potomac at dusk to see the cherry blossoms. You may remember previous posts about the cherry blossoms and we typically get up and close during peak season. This year, peak was late and a bit off but we can’t resist being like everyone else and taking in the blossoms. I thought seeing them via a boat would add a new spin.
I love DC and even after being here this long I realize there’s so much of the city I have yet to explore. I’m on a quest to take a picture with every statue in the city and my husband seems down for the task. It’s a fun way to go to different parts of the city that we bypass or seeing an old area in a new light.
Photographing the cherry blossoms and this city never gets old to me. It’s just so gorgeous in the spring here, I can’t help but want to pull my camera out. And anytime I get to spend an evening with this guy means I’ve had a great day.
Have a good weekend!
I’m not a runner, but my husband is and he loves it. This weekend he ran for the first time in the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler in DC. With the weather being so cold the blossoms haven’t bloomed yet (and the festival is already over) and they still weren’t in bloom this weekend but the race went on.
My mother-in-law came down for the race and saw him running for the first time, he was super excited. We also had friends join us on the mall to watch the race. It was super cold that morning but it turned out to be a gorgeous day.
Now if only the cherry blossoms would stop acting up and show us all their gorgeousness, I’d be much happier about this gorgeous weather.
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