Netherlands Carillon Tulips

The Netherlands Carillon adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery was a gift from the people of the Netherlands to the people of the United States of America in 1954. The Netherlands Carillon plays Westminster Chimes on the hour and plays American patriotic music twice daily. Special songs are played on May 5 (Dutch Liberation Day), July 4 (U.S. Independence Day), September 2 (V-J Day), and Thanksgiving Day.  Thousands of tulips are planted on the surrounding grounds. (Nearby is the United States Marine Corps War Memorial… aka Iwo Jima)



It was hard to catch Maliah with the flowers, but we managed some good shots (aka can see her face and she isn't making a odd gesture... or at least too odd looking of a gesture).

  

Magnus smelling ALL the flowers....
    

Then he went for a ride wizzing around the park on his balance bike...


Crusin' by the tulips on my 'hog.'

Ridin's tuf work... time to chilax by the tulips

Bronze lions overlooking the field of tulips

Washington Momument/Lincoln Memorial 

Our traditional arm-outstretched photo shot