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The Arlington memorial theatre.
A memorial to the crew of Challenger, a space shuttle that exploded on takeoff in 1986
Another memorial to the crew of Columbia, a space shuttle that
broke apart during reentry in 2003.
A memorial to the passengers of Pan Am flight 103 that was blown apart by
terrorists in 1988, above England.
Near the exit of the cemetery, a memorial to women in service of the US Army.
A memorial to US Marines. The sculpture is created after a photograph
of a few marines raising a flag at the Iwo Jima island during WW2.
A memorial to US Engineering Corps.
Then we went on foot to the city center. Crossing the bridge over Potomac.
The river is a border between the District of Columbia, where the capital of US is
located, and the state of Virginia, where the Arlington Cemetery is located.
Having crossed the Potomac, we have gotten to the Lincoln Memorial.
Built in the early 20th century, the building contains a 6 by 6-meter statue
of Lincoln. He was the 16th President of the USA, abolished slavery,
and preserved the United States during the Civil War of 1861-1865.
A Vietnam war memorial.
A memorial to three soldiers of different races.
A memorial to women in the Vietnam war.
The Albert Einstein Memorial.
A Korean war memorial.
A wall whose images seem to dissolve in time.
A close-up of the wall.
A memorial to World War I soldiers from the District of Columbia.
A memorial to soldiers of World War 2 was opened in 2004. It contains
56 columns, one for each state and other territories. Two arches represent the
two theatres of war: Pacific and Atlantic.
The price of freedom: 4048 stars, each star representing 100 dead in the war.
The Lincoln memorial, which we have seen earlier.
The Washington monument, open to public since 1885.
Filming from the plaza surrounding the memorial.
Inside the monument - a statue of George Washington, first president of the USA.
Views from the memorial's observation deck: the Lincoln memorial,
the bridge over the Potomac.
The White House.
The National Mall.
The Capitol.
The buildings along the National Mall.
An information center in the Smithsonian Castle, built in 1855.
Inside the castle.
A sample of the objects displayed in the Smithsonian Foundation museums.
A moment of rest, and moving on.