How about the school district in Arlington, Texas. It refused to allow students the opportunity to hear President Obama’s speech to students Tuesday because it didn’t want to interfere with lessons. Yet the same school district sees no problem in interrupting classes to bus 500 of its students to attend a Super Bowl-related event later this month where former president George W. Bush will speak. Sound like a double standard to you?
The school makes this distinction: “…it’s a field trip that parents have to grant permission for students to attend.”
Let’s see, current president Obama spoke about the importance of education …read more

Enjoy viewing the sights and the  colorful gardens around the Netherlands Carillon, on the Virginia shore of the Potomac River.  This spot borders the northern end of Arlington National Cemetery (adjacent to the US Marine Corps War Memorial), and overlooks the District of Columbia.
Among thousands of tulips on the grounds, along with lots of other flowers,  is a bell tower — a carillon — that was a gift to our country from the Netherlands.  There are 50 bells in the carillon, the largest about 7 feet in diameter and weighing in and over 12,000 pounds, and the smallest measuring …read more

Location: Arlington National Cemetery  Destination: Arlington, Virginia Country: United States Year Taken: 2009
Photographer: Jon Rochetti Blog: The DC Traveler
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery outside of Washington, DC is guarded around the clock, 365 days-a-year, since 1937.
Beginning after World War II, special detail from the 3rd United States Infantry, also called The Old Guard, have been protecting the tomb.
In 1921, an unidentified soldier who had died during World War I in France, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in a temporary crypt. Eleven years …read more

Location: Arlington Cemetery  Destination: Arlington, Virginia  Country: United States Year Taken: 2009
Photographer: Jon Rochetti Blog: The DC Traveler
One of the only two U.S. Presidents to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery, John F. Kennedy’s grave is marked with an eternal flame.
He was buried on November 25, 1963, after being assassinated in Dallas, Texas.  But due to thousands of daily visitors to the original gravesite, the grave was moved in 1967, just a few feet to its current location, which included the Cape Cod granite stones in a 5-foot circle and the …read more