Arlington National Cemetery is a humbling place for visitors to Washington to see first hand.  It was designated officially as a military cemetery on June 15, 1864.

President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, and unnamed stillborn daughter are buried on the slope below the Arlington House, overlooking Washington.

The Tomb of the Unknowns was an experience that I will never forget.  The monument is dedicated to the service member who have died without their remains being identified. It is guarded by Tomb Guard sentinels around the clock.

Every time I download pictures from my camera, I am confronted with the same issue. What do I do with them? How do I organize them? Where do I do put them?

I think I’ve come up with a simple solution. After sorting by date, removing any duplicate and needless shots, I tag them. In Windows, there’s a tags property where you can add tags.

Washington D.C. has a number of monuments and memorials that are great photo opportunities.  Here are some photos I took during my visit.

This would have been the third year that JetBlue would have offered the All You Can Jet (AYCJ) pass. Sadly, it was modified into what could be a much better deal, called the BluePass, making for a whole new ball game. Between the steep price increase, the logistics of leaving from Boston (or the metal shack next to an airstrip, Long Beach), and the three-month length of the pass, just to mention a few, the pass isn’t worth the cost and benefits this time around.

Roughly ten years after an end-of-the-school-year school-trip to Washington D.C., and not flying anywhere, in the Spring of 2008 I boarded a Southwest flight to the nation’s capitol.  It wasn’t so much an educational-themed trip this time around.  It was instead at the peak of the Cherry Blossom Festival.

While visiting a number of State Capitols with my All You Can Jet pass from JetBlue last year, I quickly realized that each had a different character from the next.  Here is a fun comparison of the rotundas.  Under each (no pun intended) picture is the state the capitol was in.

James B. McCaw developed the Chimborazo Military Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, for the Confederate States of America.  It was at the time the largest in human history.  It received 17,000 wounded patients and served more than 76,000 patients.  The museum today features instruments and other items used by doctors at the hospital.

Fort Harrison is one of 13 sites that are part of the Richmond National Battlefield Park in Richmond, Virginia. Constructed in 1862 and 1863, it became the most heavily fortified position north of the James River. Union commanders chose it as the primary target to reach Richmond in September 1864.

This photo was taken from the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville, North Carolina.