WWII Memorial
Registering WWII veterans with the Memorial
The WWII Memorial has become a place where people can channel their love and grief. Doing the “Jewel of the Mall” book has brought me some beautiful letters… and I thought I would share this one with you and remind you that you should make sure the veterans in your town are registered with […]
Go Navy!!
Dorothy Mary (Sudomir) Budacki passed away this Fall. I had the chance to meet her and her daughter, Denise Duke (both in Navy uniform) at the World War II Memorial in November of 2007. We exchanged some pictures and letters over the past year and this is one of my favorite images. Her daughter Denise wrote: […]
Happy New Year!
Washington, DC will soon be abuzz with inauguration activity. The town is hopping with visitors and students on Winter Break. Construction is going on from the Capitol to the White House. If the crowds are anything like predicted, it will be interesting to see how the whole event plays. DC is capable of handling some enormous crowds but […]
Congressional Gaggle at WWII Memorial
Senator Dole, Chuck Hegel (new Secretary of Health?), Jeff Fortenberry and _____(help me out here) joined together to welcome these Wisconsin, Nebraska and Albany veterans on a cold but beautifully breezy day. Unlike Summer, people were staking out those nice sunny spots from which to look around the WWII Memorial. You can just begin to […]
Winning Images
Kari Beardsley is an Honor Flight volunteer who’s been working with me on the photography and I wanted to showcase both her work yesterday and in particular this photograph of three vets on the Mall which has become one of my favorite images. It says everything about our veterans’ visits to the Mall. Kari is a financial and project manager […]
Fall on the Mall
Kansas and Georgia arrived to cloudy but tolerably comfortable weather and as the Kansas group formed up for the “most organized picture of the year”, Senator Dole arrived. After we made the group picture, Senator Dole talked about the fact that the WWII Memorial was built by private contributions and that the government had nothing […]
Veterans Day 2008
The nice thing about living in Washington, DC is the opportunity to stop by and visit the WWII Memorial and get a quick glimpse of what’s going on and post a few photos. Today, there were cavalry from Florida, WWII Veterans from Chevy Chase, Maryland, George Kerestes and some friends from Pennsylvania, 82nd Airborne troops from […]
Senator Dole Public Service Announcement
Senator Dole cut a PSA for Honor Flight a couple of months ago and hopefully you will be seeing it on your television screen by Veterans’ Day. WTTG Fox was gracious enough to host Honor Flight and produce the PSA. You can access a quicktime version of it at my WWII Memorial Book site. Jeff […]
Res Ipsa Loquitur
100 Yards from Vietnam Memorial I have been asking the National Park Service to open the building at the WWII Memorial to a limited and tasteful selection of interpretive and appropriate WWII books. Their response to date: “…we are deliberate in our decision making process with respect to how to appropriately interpret any and all […]
Birmingham Caps Off 2008 Season at World War II Memorial
Birmingham, AL On Wednesday, November 5 Honor Flight Birmingham took to the skies for the final flight in 2008. This was the fifth flight of 2008 for the Birmingham program started by Pam Nichols and Amy McDonald. The group included 34 veterans, two-thirdsof which were Navy veterans. They were warmly greeted to cheers and tears at Baltimore International Airport […]
General Colin Powell Visits With Troops at WWII Memorial
General Colin Powell visited today with six Honor Flight hubs at the WWII Memorial today. Among them were Asheville/ Buncobe County, Louisiana Honor Air, Honor Flight Columbus, Quad City, Iowa, Honor Flight Michigan, and Honor Flight Dayton for a total of 600 veterans. General Powell made short work of shaking hands with everyone and photographer […]
Earl Morse Inducted into Veteran Hall of Fame
The Springfield News-sun reported today that our very own Earl “Edwin” Morse was inducted into the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame Class of 2008 by Governor Ted Strickland. “We honor all Ohio veterans for their selfless service to our communities and to our nation,” Strickland said. “The men and women of the Ohio Veterans Hall […]
Publish or Perish! WWII Memorial Book
I just set up a Cafe Press website where you can order an endless supply of WWII Memorial merchandise from t-shirts, cups, custom cards, etc. Have a look. The prices are reasonable and the quality of their materials are good. I shop online and I know what everyone’s getting for Christmas!! Re the Jewel of […]
Panoramas, WWII Memorial
I’ll be posting a few WWII Memorial panoramas I am working on. Jewel of the Mall: World War II Memorial is a 120 page full color photographic book on the WWII Memorial.
Faye Wisely, Michigan at WWII Memorial
Faye Wisely brought in 45 vets and 20 guardians today with Honor Flight Michigan, and Senator Dole and I had a chance to meet them mid-afternoon. They were joined by a Northern Virginia and Iowa group who made for a larger than expected group. The air was clear and cool and the day perfect for […]
Dear Mary – WWII Memorial Bookstore
October 16, 2008 Mary Bomar National Park Service 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20240 Thank you for recognizing my passion for the WWII Memorial and my book. I find your negative conclusions about the use of the building South of the WWII Memorial as a bookstore totally incorrect. However, I will not write you in […]
Honor Flight Road Warriors
Jim McLaughlin, President of Honor Flight, lead an intrepid group of RV’s from Ohio to Washington. They seemed like it was a relaxing trip and I expect we will see more of the RV groups. Tax-wise, it’s a great way to get to Washington!!! CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS Honor Flight is featured in Jewel of […]
sail on…
http://srbphoto.zenfolio.com/p910567264 Jewel of the Mall: World War II Memorial is a 120 page full color photographic book on the WWII Memorial.
Group Grope
All of the photographs of the groups at the WWII Memorial and this was a record day for “organized group photography” as opposed to “unorganized group photography” shows that the photo team is finally getting into gear. Push ups and ten mile prep runs are next. I’ll ride along on the motorcycle! CLICK HERE FOR […]
Bobbi and Bill Richards, WWII Memorial
Bobbi and Bill Richards of Columbus, Ohio are without doubt the most active Honor Flight recently and I see them almost every week and every week, they organize something with school children out of their area. Accompanied by Susan Barr, they brought in yet another plane load and plan to have two plane loads in […]
Seth Watkins…man of many cameras
Seth Watkins parents, Bob and Gail Watkins joined us in the photo fray today at the World War II Memorial, as they were visiting from my home state, New York. The photo crew has been trying to not only get the group photo but also as you can see, Seth and Marion and Cary are […]
Happy Days
What do our veterans do when they leave the WWII Memorial? Why they meet cute girls at the Lincoln? I had an assignment which prevented me from getting to the WWII Memorial this AM so I drove by the Lincoln afterwards and lo and behold, Florida’ s veterans were looking pretty comfortable as they […]
Third Edition of WWII Memorial Book
As I mentioned last week, I am out of books but I am delighted to report that the image and design files have been submitted to the press and 15000 new copies of the WWII Memorial book will be delivered mid-January. I have selected a new printer and changed out a few pictures and […]
A Festive Fall Day at the WWII Memorial
WWII veterans were at the WWII Memorial today not only from Honor Flight but from from groups ranging from a Pennsylvania bus group, a DC veteran with his family, to veterans who were POWs in a Polish prison during the war and forced to march 300 miles in mid-Winter. Honor Flight Tennessee, Alabama and South […]