Ulysses S Grant Memorial

If you're starting your tour of the National Mall at the US Capitol, your first stop as you head west is likely to be the US Grant Memorial. It's probably good to get it out of the way early, cause it's pretty strong stuff.

By |2012-12-26T16:34:10-05:00November 10, 2012|Categories: Dead Presidents, Places, Travel|Tags: , , |

Somewhere a bunch of accountants are playing a trick on their colleague Cliff. They're not speaking to him so as to "avoid the fiscal Cliff"

By |2016-01-02T10:55:47-05:00November 9, 2012|Categories: Blog|

Jefferson Memorial

"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man" - stirring words, but also easy to take out of context if a photographer decides to crop his photos for that ridiculous and nefarious purpose.

By |2019-11-15T06:38:00-05:00November 6, 2012|Categories: Dead Presidents, Places, Travel|Tags: , , , , |

Nice Cape: The Franklin Pierce Statue in Concord, NH

Do note that while the state did honor Pierce with a statue after fifty years or so, they made sure it was technically on city - not state - ground, as if to say, he's mostly yours, Concord.

By |2012-12-29T02:30:45-05:00November 3, 2012|Categories: Dead Presidents, Places, Travel|Tags: , , |

Ike is a Highway: The Eisenhower Statue in Alexandria, Va

If you want to like Ike while in the DC area, take the Metro Yellow Line down to King Street station and walk a half mile or so through Alexandria to Eisenhower Circle, built to officially mark the start of the Eisenhower national expressway system.

By |2012-12-29T02:37:17-05:00November 1, 2012|Categories: Dead Presidents, Places, Travel|Tags: , , |
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