North Lawn of the White House, Washington D.C.

Akropolis by Leo von Klenze

The Acropolis today.

Nana Mouskouri - Gloria Eterna

I found a rough translation.

Wherever we go

We keep memories

Athens and Rome

We’re looking for you still

White columns

Black centuries

Heavy years

In the world that we were alone

Hates factions

The Troyes fall

And you Babylon

A hollow drop

All pass

Tell me where are they going

Hell is empty

And around us sprout darknesses

Law the law

Terror the terror

And who will agitate

The world’s balance

My God saviour

I took your stars

To light the arrows

Which show your eternal glory

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Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

The Battle of Gettysburg culminated 149 years ago today.

Pickett's Charge from a position on the Confederate line looking toward the Union lines, Ziegler's Grove on the left, clump of trees on right, painting by Edwin Forbes.

W.M.  gave me the tape dispenser she bought at the former 88 Cent Store in Port Angeles, Washington, and which has sat on my father's desk for the past fifty years.