Sunday, January 26, 2014

My Visit to the MLK Memorial

In June 2013 I was in Northern Virginia to attend my oldest granddaughter’s high school graduation. My son Daniel had flown in from Texas to attend as well. The morning of the day before graduation we drove into DC to see the MLK Memorial. An added pleasure close by is a marvelous gift shop.
I had taken numerous pictures while I was there. Now I have a great reason to move them from my computer to a layout. So, I made this two page layout to fulfill a SOC website third week blog challenge.

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I decided to use the photo of the signage for the title. Blue is the color of peacefulness and that is how I felt being there. When I saw this monument after passing through the towering stone passage way I was awestruck. It is such a spectacular site to behold. Click on the pictures to get a closer look.

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close up of left layout

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close up of the right layout

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full frontal view
 
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close up of the face
 
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two profiles of the monument
 
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one of the numerous engraved MLK quotes on the surrounding inner wall
 
Cardstock: Bazzill, Wausau and DCWV; Ink: Ranger TH Ice Spruce Distress, Ranger Archival Jet Black; Stamps: TH Stampers Anonymous; Banner: Cricut December 25th Cartridge; Cricut Expression diecutting machine; Adhesive: Scotch ATG; Perfect Layers

2 comments:

Amy* said...

Fantastic page Dorothy! Must have been a very powerful place to visit...I am adding the MLK memorial to my bucket list of places to see :)

Amy*

WrinkleFreeDiva said...

What a beautiful commemorative page. I love the colors you chose for the layout. They are perfect! A nice simple layout that does a nice job of showcasing such special photos.