Day: October 21, 2022

Vince Lombardi Service Area – Ridgefield, New Jersey

New Jersey, North America, Restaurants, Services, United States

Alex’s trip to Washington D.C. ended on an inauspicious note when his tour bus broke down on the New Jersey Turnpike while on the way home. Luckily it was on the very end of his trip and he did not miss any attractions. Unfortunately he was supposed to arrive back home at 10:00 PM and did not pull in until 06:00 AM, a sleepless night for all of us. The mishap resulted in an extended layover in the Vince Lombardi Service Area off the New Jersey Turnpike. The service area was clean and to Alex’s delight it had a Popeyes his very favorite fast food outlet.

Arlington National Cemetery – Arlington, Virginia

Architecture, Cemetery, Historic Sites, Memorials, National Parks Service, North America, Statue / Sculpture, United States, Virginia

Arlington National Cemetery is a United States military cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia located across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.. Its 639 acres are the burial grounds of American military and political figures, including many killed in the nation’s conflicts beginning with the American Civil War and those reinterred from earlier conflicts. The United States Department of the Army, a component of the United States Department of Defense (DoD), manages the cemetery. Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial is administered by the National Park Service.

Grave of John F. Kennedy

Quartermaster General of the Union Army Montgomery C. Meigs so upset with the death of his son buried him on the front lawn of Robert E. Lee’s home so it could never again be used as a residence.

Equestrian statue of British General John Dill

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial – Arlington, Virginia

Architecture, Cemetery, Historic Sites, Memorials, National Parks Service, North America, United States, Virginia

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, formerly named the Custis-Lee Mansion, is a Greek Revival style mansion located in Arlington County, Virginia that was once the home of Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee. It overlooks the Potomac River and the National Mall in Washington, D.C. During the American Civil War, the grounds of the mansion were selected as the site of Arlington National Cemetery, in part to ensure that Lee would never again be able to return to his home. The United States has since designated the mansion as a National Memorial. Although the United States Department of the Army controls Arlington National Cemetery, the National Park Service, a component of the United States Department of the Interior, administers Arlington House.