Every time I travel to the DC area I see new sights, and I gain more fodder for future stories. Here are some of the places that especially struck me on my latest trip there:
The Carlyle House in Alexandria is a good place for ghost hunters to see orbs.
The clock tower of city hall in Alexandria where justice was served in days long past by displaying the decapitated heads of criminals.
The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial didn't open until 1997! Set along the Tidal Basin, it's a peaceful series of fountains and statues and some of his timeless quotes.
A blind selection of remains inside identical coffins led to a single unknown soldier for each of three wars, WWI, WWII, and Korean (there are no unknowns from Vietnam) (and... the unknown from the Revolutionary War is buried in a churchyard in Alexandria).
Robert E. Lee's home was seized by Union soldiers and eventually became the site for Arlington National Cemetery.
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