Harmony, Pennsylvania
We spent a number of hours in Harmony, now Oakland, Pennsylvania where the LDS church has reconstructed the area to what it looked like in the 1800’s. This rebuilt home of Isaac & Elizabeth Hales, is where Emma lived and where Joseph Smith arrived to board and work, in 1825. I found it the perfect place to put my feet up and RELAX!
Harmony, Pennsylvania
As we have been driving around the eastern part of the United States, something that stands out is the greenery, it is breath taking! I love the contrast of color in this photo with the fence and the plants. A fence similar to this one once surrounded the homestead of Isaac & Elizabeth Hale, which was located on this spot.
We drove to Harmony, Pennsylvania, known today as Oakland, where The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has a beautiful chapel that houses a Visitor’s Center. It is new, it wasn’t here the last time we were here. Just before you enter the Visitor’s Center there are these two statues representing two of the great events that happened in this area, the Restoration of the Aaronic & Melchizedek Priesthood.
AARONIC PRIESTHOOD; On May 15, 1829, the Prophet Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery went into the woods not far from where the Visitor’s Center now is, to pray about the importance of baptism. In answer to their prayer, John the Baptist appeared to them, conferring the Aaronic Priesthood on them and commanding them to baptize each other. They went down to the Susquehanna River and there Joseph baptized Oliver and Joseph laid his hands on the head of Oliver and ordained him to the Aaronic Priesthood and then Oliver did the same to Joseph.
MELCHIZEDEK PRIESTHOOD; We don’t know when the Melchizedek Priesthood was restored, but it was shortly after the restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood.
Washington D. C.
From the Jefferson Memorial you can see the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial across the Potomac River. It opened on August 22, 2011, on the 48th anniversary of the “I Have a Dream” speech that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. A ceremony was postponed until October 16th, (the 16th anniversary of the 1995 Million Man March on the National Mall) due to Hurricane Irene.
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It was a warm day in Washington DC, so Craig and I got some bottled water and then I put my feet up and RELAXED as I looked across the Potomac River at the Jefferson Memorial.
President Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809, said; “Do you want to know who you are? Act! Action will delineate and define you!”
Washington D. C.
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial sits on the Potomac River and was built in 1943 in memory of the 3rd President of the United States of America and one of the Founding Fathers, being the main writer of the Declaration of Independence.
‘We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,…’
Washington D. C.
Craig and I went on a tour of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and it was very interesting! You can’t take photos inside, so this was the perfect place to RELAX and take a photo before going on the tour. As you go on the tour it is interesting because you actually see them making money, you see piles of money, amazing. Inside their was a saying on a wall, ‘Just think how I feel I printed my life time salary in a few minutes.’
Washington D. C.
It was a beautiful, sunny day as the clouds reflected in the Reflecting Pond, a great place to sit and RELAX. Ahead is the Lincoln Memorial celebrating the life of a man who once said; “My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.”
Washington D. C.
The Lincoln Memorial was built to honor Abraham Lincoln who was the 16th President of the United States and it is located on the western end of the National Mall. It was dedicated in 1920 to honor a man who was and remains an inspiration to us all! He said, ‘We can complain because rose bushes have thorns or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
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Washington D. C.
The World War II Memorial is very impressive and gives everyone who visits it a time to pause and feel appreciation for those who sacrificed their lives for our freedoms! On the wall around the memorial there are quotes, one is from President Harry Truman, he said:
“THE HEROISM OF OUR OWN TROOPS…WAS MATCHED BY THAT OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE NATIONS THAT FOUGHT BY OUR SIDE…THEY ABSORBED THE BLOWS…AND THEY SHARED TO THE FULL IN THE ULTIMATE DESTRUCTION OF THE ENEMY.”
Washington DC
The White House is the official residence of the President of the United States. At the present time President Obama and his family live there. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. I wanted to take a photo of the White House and this is as close as we could get and we aren’t sure why. There were a lot of people coming out of the park in front of the White House, so I asked a lady what was going on and she said she didn’t know but they had evacuated the park and so she was asked to leave. We didn’t hear of anything on the news, so, this is the best I could do. Notice the sharp shooters (2) on the roof.
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The Washington Monument, an obelisk sitting almost in the center of the National Mall, was built in remembrance of George Washington the 1st President of the United States. It is the world’s tallest obelisk, standing 554′ 7″ tall. Construction of the monument began in 1848 and due to lack of funds it wasn’t completed until 1884. It is surrounded by 50 flags representing each of the 50 states.
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We took the Metro into Washington DC and had a great walk around the National Mall. The National Mall is nearly 2 miles long and over 1,000′ wide in some areas. So, it is really large and would entail a lot of walking to do all of it. So, we started about half way at the Washington Monument and went towards the Lincoln Memorial. From the World War II Memorial you can see the US Capitol Building peaking up over the horizon behind the Washington Monument.
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Park, Maryland
Park, Maryland