The following
insights about Washington are not my own. But when I read them, I did that sort
of nodding head type of movement and I may have even audibly said, wow, ok,
that's interesting. Even though I am home alone. Although I will just clarify a
couple of things which I had to look up. Now I'm not in any way implying that
you don't know what these things are, I am just humbly stating for the record
that I didn't know what an Arlington Lady was, nor did I know what a POTUS was
and have to tell you, I had really gone down the wrong track on that
one...and also, for those countries other than Liberia, Myanmar and the US, 39
inches is 99 centimetres. In the modern world. Where we have The Metric System.
Just saying...
Anyway.
The Arlington Ladies
came about in 1948 when Chief of Staff of the United States Airforce Hoyt
Vandenberg and his wife, Gladys were on one of their walks through the cemetery
(??!!) and saw young service members being buried without any of their family
members present. The lack of anyone honouring these young men prompted Gladys
to form a group of members of the Officers' Wives Club to attend all Air Force
Funerals. Arlington ladies must be wives or widows of men in the Army, Airforce
or Navy.
And a POTUS...not
that hard really....a President Of The United States.
Why didn't I get that?
1. Working on the
Hill
In Washington
DC there is 1 lawyer for every 19 residents in DC and 74 lobbyists for each
United States Senator.
2. Work Hard, Play
Hard
More wine is
consumed per person in Washington DC than any state in the United States.
3. Honoring the
Fallen
Every time a
soldier is buried, an Arlington Lady is present. There are about 65 Arlington
Ladies, and since 1973, the Arlington Ladies have ensured that no Soldier is
ever buried alone.
4. A Library of Epic
Proportions
The Library of
Congress, the biggest library in the country, contains 535 miles of
bookshelves. In the Reading Room alone there are 45,000 reference books.
5. Mickey Mouse For
President
Washington
DC’s song was written by a former Mousketeer in 1951.
6. Rainy Days
DC averages 39
inches of rainfall a year — more than Seattle!
7. Presidential Pets
Thomas
Jefferson had a pet mockingbird that flew freely around the White House unless
Jefferson had guests.
8. Schooling
the POTUS
Eight U.S.
presidents did not attend college.
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