Corner View: Sacred Place

At first I wasn't sure what to feature 

for the topic sacred place,

but as I pondered over it,

I kept coming back to the memorials in Washington D C.

My husband and I took my father about 9 years ago

to visit my brother and his family in Harrisburg, PA.

Together we took Dad to see the WWII monument.

It was a cold day and Dad was hurting,

so he didn't see everything that we saw,

but he saw what mattered the most to him.

I have featured Dad and the Washington trip before.

For those of you who are new to my blog,

my dad was a POW in Germany during WWII.

He was captured during the Battle of the Bulge.

[Click on all photos to see them larger.

That will especially help with the quotes

and the space capsule monuments.]

Here is the pool of fountains that makes up part of the WWII monument.

The Washington monument is in the background.

Below are more photos of it.

 All around the monument are famous quotes from that time period.

Here is Dad.

Note the words beside him

and in the next photo.

These are glimpses of  the Korean War monument.

The one above and the next few are in memory of those who fought in 

the Vietnam War.

Below is the wall of names.

My husband's hand is underneath a casualty from our small town.

I still remember when we got word of Bill Young Jr.'s death.

His family lived down the street from us

and they were members of my dad's church.

Dad had the funeral.

This one particularly struck me.

The nurses of the Vietnam War were unsung heroes for many years.

Next are the memorials to members of two space capsules

that were casualties in our country's race to space.

In the middle of them is one dedicated to members of our armed forces

who died trying to free American hostages in Iran

April 25, 1980.

Then there is the cemetery.

There is a hush that came upon me

in reverence to those who died for our freedom.

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

All of these are sacred places (to me)

where we pay homage to those who helped

keep our country and parts of the world free

throughout the years.

For more views around the world,

go to Francesca's Fuoriborgo

for Corner View.