World War II Memorial

After the Washington Monument, we headed down the Mall to the World War II Memorial.




It's a very beautiful water-park sort of monument, and you can see the Lincoln Memorial past the reflecting pool from near the entrance:


This is the large engraved block which greets the visitors who come from the direction of the Washington Monument:


The entry walk is lined with plaques showing soldiers, sailors, and airmen in action. I only took pictures of a couple of them which particularly caught my eye:



More pictures of various parts of the monument:









Here's the Lincoln Memorial, viewed over the waterfall that is sort of one of the centerpieces of the WWII Memorial:


A view of the Washington Monument over the fountains in the Memorial, back through the entrance:


And a view of the Jefferson Memorial from just to the south of the WWII Memorial:


We stopped here and rested for a while on the benches, enjoying the water and the sunshine. It's really rather cool, and the wind's been whipping around quite a bit, but the sun is nice. Perhaps a bit too bright, as we're both showing a little bit of sunburn, but we're lotioned up, so now it's off to see the Lincoln Memorial...