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Hank Aaron’s 715th Home Run Site

Atlanta GA – May 2021

This is the spot where Hank Aaron’s 715th career home run landed in April 1974. The home run put Aaron at the top of the all time home run list. The old Atlanta Fulton County Stadium has been torn down and is now a parking lot, but the actual site has been preserved. I remember watching this home run on TV. His home run passed Babe Ruth’s record which had stood since 1938. Hank Aaron died last year.

Georgia State Capitol

Atlanta GA – May 2021

The Rotunda.

Senate chamber.

House of Representatives chamber.

Lincoln outside the private office of the Georgia Governor.

Former Georgia Governor and ex-President Jimmy Carter, 39th president, served 1977-1981.

Robert E. Lee

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King statue.

Atlanta skyline.

Mercedes Benz Stadium, home of the Atlanta Falcons.

Great Falls

Great Falls VA – March 2021

We saw this form the Virginia side. There are also other view points on the Maryland side.

I watched the guy on the rock get in his kayak and flow on down the river.

Look at that high water mark from 1942!

Theodore Roosevelt Island

Washington DC – March 2021

Theodore Roosevelt Island is home to the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial.

Four key elements of Theodore Roosevelt’s life philosophy.
1. Nature

2. Manhood

3. Youth

4. The State

Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington VA – March 2021

Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.

Grave of President William Howard Taft, 27th president of the US (1909-1913), and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1921-1930).

Grave of John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the US (1961-1963).

Supreme Court Justices graves.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Admiral Rickover was the “Father of the Nuclear Navy”.

Omar Bradley was out last 5-star general.

Alexander Haig served as President Ronald Reagan’s Chief of Staff.

Custis Mansio. This was Robert E. Lee’s house before the Civil War.