Sista dagen

Lined up. Washington DC. 3.12.2015. Foto: Håkan Eklund. Nr 337/364.

Sista dagen i DC. Sol från blå himmel, frisk NW-vind. Passade på att kolla in en massa memorials vid ändan av The Mall, med Capitol i andra ändan. Imponerande att se hur amerikanarna uppmärksammar sin historia,

http://washington.org/DC-guide-to/franklin-delano-roosevelt-memorial
"The memorial honors Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presidency, which lasted four terms between from 1933 to his death in 1945. FDR led the nation through a worldwide economic depression and the Second World War, and was the only American president to be elected to more than two terms. Roosevelt once joked to his friend, Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, that if Congress ever made a monument for him, he would like it to be no larger than the size of his desk and placed in front of the National Archives. Obliging this request, Congress placed a desk size stone and a plaque in honor of FDR in that exact location. However, a few years later, Congress decided that this was not enough of a tribute and selected a location in West Potomac Park along the Tidal Basin for a much larger monument.  The design of the memorial was chosen in 1978, and it opened to the public in 1997 after a dedication ceremony led by President Bill Clinton."