@AFHokie 182450 wrote:
I can’t make it (wedding anniversary), but you may want to consider including the site of the future WWI Memorial at Pershing Park, the DC War Memorial and you’ll essentially roll by/around the Women’s Memorial in ANC.
Happy Anniversary! All good suggestions.
I thought about Pershing Park and the future WWI memorial since it came up while researching. There’s some interesting history about how and why things are built or not built in certain places. I’ll probably hit on this at the Air Force Memorial because there was a lot of wrangling over the site for it including a lawsuit.
We’re stopping off at the DC War Memorial, which is informally referred to as the World War I Memorial.
I also thought about the Women’s Memorial at ANC, but the last time I went to ANC on Veteran’s Day it was insanely busy. I also thought about the ANC as a way to work in the Army since we’re hitting sites for the Navy, Air Force and Marines. The Memorial Bridge Detour is also a death trap and I’d like to keep my record of not killing anyone on a group ride going.
If turn out is good for this ride and people enjoy it, I’ll likely do it again and try to work in ANC and Pershing Park. I’m planning on doing a President’s Day Ride again since the past two were well attended. I think the Lincoln theme worked well last year and I’ve preliminarily thought about a George Washington theme for 2019.
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Maybe at 11 AM I can visit Doughboy Park in Woodside, pretty close to my brother’s place. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doughboy_Park
