The Inaugural Seminar
In 1793, George Washington gave the shortest Inauguration speech ever: 135 words.
In 1801, Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated at an indoor ceremony and then walked to the boarding house where he was staying and stood in line for supper.
In 1841, William Henry Harrison gave the longest Inauguration speech ever: 8,444 words. He stood in the rain and wet of an early March day without hat or overcoat. A month later he died of pneumonia.
Don's Johns (http://www.donsjohns.com/) has the sanitation contract for the upcoming Obama Inauguration. In the area between the Capitol building and the Lincoln Memorial, the first suggestion was that they have 1 potty for every 1,000 people. Then they thought about 1 for every 5,000 people. With the high estimate being up to 4.3 million people, how many potties might that be? (I'm not interested in doing the math right now.)
We took a bus tour of DC sites in the afternoon--the Iwo Jima Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial (with the Vietnam Memorial and Korean Memorial), the World War II Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial and the FDR Memorial. I got off the bus at the Lincoln, the Jefferson and the FDR, the last two of which I hadn't seen.
All are beautiful and moving. The FDR is amazing. Check out these quotes that are inscribed in the stone throughout this impressive structure: http://www.nps.gov/fdrm/memorial/inscript.htm
Read these words. I can't help but wonder if any of our presidents in the last 40 years have had these kinds of thoughts.
In 1801, Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated at an indoor ceremony and then walked to the boarding house where he was staying and stood in line for supper.
In 1841, William Henry Harrison gave the longest Inauguration speech ever: 8,444 words. He stood in the rain and wet of an early March day without hat or overcoat. A month later he died of pneumonia.
Don's Johns (http://www.donsjohns.com/) has the sanitation contract for the upcoming Obama Inauguration. In the area between the Capitol building and the Lincoln Memorial, the first suggestion was that they have 1 potty for every 1,000 people. Then they thought about 1 for every 5,000 people. With the high estimate being up to 4.3 million people, how many potties might that be? (I'm not interested in doing the math right now.)
We took a bus tour of DC sites in the afternoon--the Iwo Jima Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial (with the Vietnam Memorial and Korean Memorial), the World War II Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial and the FDR Memorial. I got off the bus at the Lincoln, the Jefferson and the FDR, the last two of which I hadn't seen.
All are beautiful and moving. The FDR is amazing. Check out these quotes that are inscribed in the stone throughout this impressive structure: http://www.nps.gov/fdrm/memorial/inscript.htmRead these words. I can't help but wonder if any of our presidents in the last 40 years have had these kinds of thoughts.
posted by mac | 6:31 PM
5 Comments:
I'd say Don's Johns is going to be a bit busy with all that $#&$!
One day I would like to get to Washington and see all the sites. I've only passed through there on the way to somewhere else.
Great quotes from FDR. Wasn't he the one that started the welfare system?
DC, my birth place, is indeed a wonderful place to visit. I have not been there in a long time, before the Vietnam Memorial was built. I am enjoying MC's postings. Thank you, john
I have been to DC twice and absolutely loved it. However, I seem to favor the past history than the present. I hope it will change soon.
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