Last month, i brought my family to visit the East Coast of the US, and we visited New York, Philadelphia, and Washington DC.  What were the memorable sites, many friends ask.  Some of those worthwhile remembering is:

a.) National Air and Space Museum ( Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center), near the Washington Dulles International Airport.  This is the add-on facility to the Air and Space Museum on the National Mall which opened on December 2003.

Memorable planes seen are the Concorde, Enterprise Space Shuttle, F-14 TomCat, F4 Phantom, Sr-71 Blackbird, various space modules, as well as the Enola Gay, the Bomber that dropped the Atomic bomb during WWII.

b.) Mt. Vernon - George Washington’s House.  Most noteworthy is how sparse the house was compared to the houses of the Kings/rulers in Japan, China, France, England and other countries.

Maybe US is great because their leaders did not see the need to be opulent, and who see service to the nation as their starting ground instead of the other way around.  I hope that does not change.  Showing off is considered American, but it is also encouraging that most of the US richests are also leading the way in philanthropy.

c.) Lancaster County or the Amish Pennsylvania Dutch country.  This is the homeplace of the Amish Pennsylvanians, noteworthy because they still ride horse buggies, and disdain new technologies.  It is always refreshing to see people whose center is devotion to family and community, and who believe that a strong work ethic is the ticket to fulfillment.

I know there were a lot of sites I missed.  Any noteworthy ones?