Today we had the great pleasure and honor of being apart of Rich's commissioning. He asked Dave to give him the oath (evidently an officer must be given the commissioning oath by another officer - Dave is a retired USAF Capt). So at 8:30 am we were at Cole Field House at the U of MD.
We then drove to Arlington VA to the Air Force Memorial - what a beautiful site - overlooking the Pentagon, Arlington National Cemetery, the monuments in Washington. Just beautiful, there was a ceremonial commissioning there and the pining on - Rachel got the help pin on those gold bars with Rich's parents and grandmother. It was a very happy occasion. It brought back memories of Dave's pining on - Dave's Mother and Grandmother and I put on his gold bars.
This is the memorial - the ceremony was right between the three "vapor trails" (not sure what exactly to call them).
Then the celebratory dinner at this restaurant - talk about character! It is right next to the College Park Airport. We were told that it is the oldest operating airport in the WORLD. We were also told that because of it's close proximity to D.C. that only a very few private planes use it - and they are registered with the secret service. hmmmmm.
The decor inside the restaurant was all old WWI and WWII photographs and memorabilia. There were several plans outside, including this one.
It was just a delightful day.
Dave was up at 5 a.m. and I can hear him in the living room now - snoring.
3 comments:
Hi Cindy! Thanks for stopping by my blog, not once but twice. I can't keep up. Hey I live in the DC area, too. So weird to pull up someone's blog and see and hear about places that are in my back yard! Oh and I did that right foot thing below and by golly it is smart. So weird. I will be back when I have more time to camp out and read your posts! Thanks again!
Hi, Cindy!
Thanks for stopping by to visit!
It looks like a wonderful and awe inspiring trip you just took. I'd love to visit Washington, D.C. one day!
Air Force museums are just so neat, to me. We visited Barksdale, in Shreveport, a few years ago and just loved it. Those guards are scary, though, and that was BEFORE 9/11!
Blessings,
Julie
Unfortunately I don't know the paint color of our bedroom. It was that color when we moved in. Thanks for stopping by!
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