(87) WWII Valor In The Pacific National Monument & USS Arizona Memorial (Now Pearl Harbor National Memorial)

 Visited Together:

1. April 2017 + OZL + CZL

Type: National Monument
Region: Western  
Location: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii  
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: The Japanese surprise air attack on Pearl Harbor left the Pacific Fleet in smoldering heaps of broken, twisted steel. In hours, 2,390 people were dead, half of these casualties from the battleship Arizona. American's involvement in World War II began on this day.

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USS Arizona Memorial 2017

(51) White Sands National Monument

Visited Together:

1. November 2005
2. June 2016 + OZL & CZL

Type: National Monument
Region: Southwest Region
Location: Alamogordo, NM
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: At the northern end of the Chihuahuan Desert lies a mountain-ringed valley called the Tularosa Basin. Rising from the heart of this basin are the glistening white sands of New Mexico. Great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert.

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White Sands, November 2005

 White Sands, November 2005

White Sands, June 2016

 White Sands, June 2016

White Sands, June 2016

(37) World War II Memorial

Visited Together:

1. October 2005

Type: National Memorial
Region: National Capital Region
Location: Washington, DC
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Located on the National Mall in Washington, DC, this memorial commemorates the sacrifice and celebrates the victory of the WWII generation.

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 World War II Memorial, October 2005

(36) Washington Monument

Visited Together:

1. October 2005
2. July 2019 + OZL

Type: National Monument
Region: National Capital Region
Location: Washington, DC
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Alone among the founders of the United States, George Washington earned the title "Father of Our Country" in recognition of his leadership in the cause of American independence.

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 Washington Monument, October 2005

  Washington Monument, October 2005

 
Washington Monument with Apollo 11 Projected on it, July 2019

(29) Wind Cave National Park

Visited Together:

1. September 2005

Type: National Park
Region: Rocky Mountain Region
Location: Hot Springs, SD
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Once of the world's longest and most complex caves and 28,295 acres of mixed-grass prairie, ponderosa pine forest, and associated wildlife are the main features of the park. The cave is well know for its outstanding display of boxwork, an unusual cave formation composed of thin calcite fins resembling honeycomb.

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 Wind Cave, September 2005

 Wind Cave, September 2005