Road Scholar Washington D.C. Trip.

Archived writings secured under glass.
Sacred scriptures faded by time.
We are the people.
We do hold these truths.

Washington’s elegant white pyramid.
Lincoln’s majestic freedom temple.
A double world war softened by fountains.
The wall blackened war in the park.

Kennedy Center’s grand wrapping deck.
Roosevelt’s 3 terms in 3 courtyards.
Wooden propellers and orbiting metals.
The National Academy of Art.

Chiseled wall writings by King on his court.
Pentagon’s newer stone shade in sunlight.
Reflecting pool and the national mall.
The White House walk after dark.

Pacific Marines righting our flag.
Jefferson’s library of handheld books.
Renwick museum and Smithsonian castle.
The Indian Museum of Art.

Skyward spheres for soldiers in air.
White marble stones for Arlington dead.
Supreme Court sitting and Capital walking.
The Ford's front balcony marked.

35 seniors on a Quick motor bus.
Hailing from a dozen visiting states.
Our week in October in Washington;
The first Road Scholar embarked.