Jefferson Memorial / Cherry Blossoms

It had been raining all morning, but the forecast was clear for the afternoon. We wanted to see the cherry blossoms before they all fell off, so after the kids got out of school, we drove down to the Jefferson Memorial. We had planned to see the blossoms over the weekend, but never made it. It probably was a good thing, because we heard that it was difficult to even walk with all the visitors that came to see the trees.

The Jefferson Memorial is a circular columnated structure, modeled after the Pantheon of Rome. The boys are standing on the marble steps below the third column.














The columns all around the memorial are huge. In the center under the dome is a bronze statue of Jefferson, which is 17 feet tall.
















The Washington Monument can be seen from the Jefferson Memorial.















The kids pose with the statue of George Mason, who was an important American Founder. The George Mason Memorial features a circular fountain and a 72-foot long stone wall. The ground around the trees and the edges of the Tidal Basin were covered with fallen pink blossoms, but many blossoms still remained in bloom. It was so pretty with all the shades of pink.